Russia

Climate change clears northern route for first container ship

The melting ice sheet has opened up a north-east passage – bringing fresh political and environmental dangers

Russian ‘blood money’ may be seized to pay for Ukraine’s defence

European leaders have agreed to redirect frozen Russian assets to the Ukrainian army

Former Nato chief warns Russia is at war with UK

In a speech this week, George Robertson echoed other analysts’ views that UK is in conflict with the Kremlin

Four nations threatened – Nato scrambles over Russian provocation

Putin’s fighter jets and drones are testing defences across eastern Europe and the Baltics

How serious is the Russian threat to Europe?

With Washington unwilling to offer leadership, European Nato allies can’t afford to let their guard down

Art, raves and four-minute warnings: 24 hours in Kyiv

How the city’s young are clinging to normality while war rages on

The Russians are coming – will someone tell Trump?

US president says Putin let him down, but as 100,000 troops gather a day’s drive from Helsinki, the threat is more serious for Europe

Reform conference sponsors may have breached company law

Questions have been raised over Zebec’s shell company registration and Japan Tobacco International’s links to Russia

Putin’s fear of death is his weak spot

For most autocrats, with the approach of mortality comes vulnerability and paranoia – no wonder so many have dreamed of conquering death

The Ukrainian unit with one task: shoot all Russian drones down

Citizens fall asleep every night to the hum of killing machines that turn buildings to dust and snuff out lives. In a sunflower field near Kyiv, we witness the race to stop the carnage

Anna Netrebko’s Putin problem looms over Royal Opera return

The Russian soprano says she doesn’t support the war in Ukraine but her Tosca this week faces a chorus of critics

We want peace – but not on Putin’s terms, Ukrainians say

Weary of Russia’s war, the citizens of Ukraine are nevertheless wary of a settlement that might give away too much or that doesn’t carry a security guarantee

Europe has three options for involvement with Ukraine

An effective deterrent from further Russian assaults on Europe would likely look one of three ways

Trump: empty-handed because there is still no deal to do

The US president has overlooked a vital lesson of war – that combatants will only begin talking when fighting has become futile

Red carpet or not, Zelensky faces uphill struggle with Trump

The Ukrainian president gets another chance to win over the White House – but he’s unlikely to receive the same deference as Vladimir Putin

Trump and Putin meet to end Ukraine war – without Ukraine

The blockbuster summit sidelines Zelensky, who has opposed ceding territory to Russia in exchange for peace

There can be no end to the war without Ukraine

Trump is right to pursue peace, but not like this

Europe left in the cold as Trump plans to offer Putin deal

This week’s summit is fuelling concerns the US president will offer concessions to the Russian leader and sideline Kyiv