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We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine We Still Don’t Know Why Russia Invaded Ukraine
From the beginning, the war has thoroughly confounded military mavens and experts on Russia and Ukraine.
Mar 30, 2023 / Rajan Menon
![The remnants of a police station which was struck by a Russian missile in Bilopillya, Ukraine.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/unnamed-121.jpg)
On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape On the Ukraine-Russia Border, War Is Impossible to Escape
Civilians in border villages have been nervously going about their daily lives while trying to survive the never-ending threat of Russian attacks.
Mar 30, 2023 / Leif Reigstad
![Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/putin_background_ap-img.jpg)
Putin’s Nuremberg Moment Putin’s Nuremberg Moment
The ICC’s arrest warrant against the Russian president was historic. But where will it lead?
Mar 28, 2023 / Reed Brody
![Protesters dressed with cutout faces of Biden and Putin prepare to throw nuclear weapons in the garbage](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/biden-putin-nukes-getty-img.jpg)
Is the US Flirting With Nuclear War? Is the US Flirting With Nuclear War?
A proxy war pitting the United States against a paranoid adversary with a massive nuclear arsenal at his command: What could possibly go wrong?
Mar 23, 2023 / Andrew J. Bacevich
![Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, in April 2019 in Beijing, China.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/xi-putin-handshake-getty.jpg)
Biden Doesn’t Need to Keep Pushing Xi and Putin Closer Biden Doesn’t Need to Keep Pushing Xi and Putin Closer
A path away from great power conflict.
Mar 22, 2023 / Jake Werner
![Crosses mark the graves of civilians killed during the invasion whose remains have yet to be identified, in a cemetery in Bucha on March 18, 2023.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/2023_03_19_BuchaGrave.jpg)
Flouting War Crimes Charges, Putin Visits Occupied Ukrainian Territory Flouting War Crimes Charges, Putin Visits Occupied Ukrainian Territory
After a warrant was issued for his arrest by the International Criminal Court, the Russian president toured occupied Ukrainian land in Crimea and Mariupol.
Mar 21, 2023 / Leif Reigstad
![There’s No Settlement of the War in Ukraine Without China](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/GettyImages-1243252862.jpg)
There’s No Settlement of the War in Ukraine Without China There’s No Settlement of the War in Ukraine Without China
Instead of working toward a peaceful resolution of the conflict, Washington has escalated tensions with Beijing.
Mar 17, 2023 / Gilbert Achcar
![Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2003/04/bush-jr-speech-gty-img.jpg)
Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin Twenty Years Ago, the United States Was Putin
We should condemn Russian crimes in Ukraine, but not while conveniently forgetting the crimes we committed in Iraq.
Mar 13, 2023 / Juan Cole
![Man walks by the Ukranian National Opera building in Kyiv](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/daily-life-ukraine-ap.jpeg)
Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War Dispatch From Kyiv: Ballet in a Time of War
While Ukraine’s capital has mostly returned to normal, reminders of the brutal fighting are everywhere.
Mar 7, 2023 / Editorial / Carol Schaeffer
![A mockup of a nuclear reactor at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine.](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/zaporizhzhianuclearpowerplant-ap.jpg)
How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War How Nuclear Power Plants Became Tools of War
The ongoing war is edging Ukraine and the surrounding countries toward the brink of a catastrophic nuclear crisis.
Mar 1, 2023 / Joshua Frank