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Russia's War on Ukraine in an Age of Escalating Imperial Tensions
In this series, we provide in-depth analysis of the context and effects of Russia’s war, examining how global geopolitics are currently shifting.
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Series Introduction
In this series, we provide in-depth analysis of the context and effects of Russia’s war, examining how global geopolitics are currently shifting, dynamics surrounding the resettlement of Ukraine’s refugees, rising nuclear threats as tensions escalate between imperialist nuclear powers, efforts to forge an anti-militarist internationalism through horizontal connections between antiwar activists inside and outside of Russia, global impacts of the war on climate change and food security, and more.
![A policeman stands on guard at the closed Red Square in Moscow, Russia, on June 24, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/GettyImages-1259028683-400x300.jpg)
Russian Progressives and Antiwar Forces May Find Opening in Wake of Failed Coup
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s attempted coup is over, but it could still have far-reaching consequences for Putin’s government.
![A bombed and burned-out apartment complex is seen behind the Ukrainian flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/06/2023_0626-ukraine-bombing-400x300.jpg)
Real Peace in Ukraine Means Ending Russian Invasion and US-EU Neocolonial Debt
After the removal of Russian troops, Ukrainian people want and deserve a just reconstruction, not neoliberal policies.
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Washington Is Obstructing the Path to a Political Settlement in Ukraine
The U.S.’s rejection of China’s proposal for a negotiated settlement reveals that it is drawing benefits from the war.
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Peace in Ukraine Is Too Important to Leave in the Hands of Arms Dealers
Arms makers are stoking conflicts and then pitching weapons as a path to peace.
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Russian War Crimes Have Hardened Ukrainians Against Peace Talks, Activist Says
A Kyiv-based activist says Russia's mass attacks on civilians have bolstered many Ukrainians' resolve to keep fighting.
![Onlookers watch a search and rescue operation at an apartment block hit by a Russian-launched rocket during a massive missile attack on Dnipro in central Ukraine on January 14, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0224-ukraine-a-400x300.jpg)
A Ukrainian Socialist Lays Out the Aims and Struggles of Her Country’s Left
Leftists in Ukraine are simultaneously resisting Russian imperialism and the domestic imposition of neoliberalism.
![A family examines the remains of a Russian tank destroyed at the beginning of the war as the first anniversary of the war between Russia and Ukraine nears, in Bucha, Ukraine, on February 22, 2023.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2023/02/2023_0223-ukraine-400x300.jpg)
Chomsky: A Stronger NATO Is the Last Thing We Need as Russia-Ukraine War Turns 1
It is becoming increasingly obvious that this is now a U.S./NATO-Russia war via Ukraine, Noam Chomsky argues.
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Putin Planned Before Invasion to Cut Off Ukraine’s Electricity During the Winter
Russia assumed that Ukraine’s population could be controlled by shutting off access to heat and water.
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Chomsky: Options for Diplomacy Decline as Russia’s War on Ukraine Escalates
There is still hope if the U.S. withdraws from its insistence on sustaining the war to weaken Russia and defeat Putin.
![Lolja Nordic at a street protest action against gender-based violence. November 25, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/11/3-photo_2021-11-25-400x300.jpg)
Exiled Russian Activist Challenges Pacifist Approach to Ending War on Ukraine
Russian feminist and antiwar activist Lolja Nordic explains why she supports Ukrainian resistance.