Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

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International Affairs Ukraine on the mental map of Europe

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Many Ukrainian flags on the main square Maidan Nezalezhnosti.

Defense & Security Eight things to know about the Russia-Ukraine war

Steven Pifer

February 23, 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at his Mar-a-Lago club on December 28, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida.

Defense & Security A year of failure: Trump’s attempt to end the Russia-Ukraine war

Steven Pifer

February 19, 2026

A mourner holds flowers on Valentine's Day at the Lychakiv Military Cemetery in Lviv, on February 14, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine What price for peace in Ukraine?

Aslı Aydıntaşbaş, Pavel K. Baev, Mariana Budjeryn, Philip H. Gordon, Anna Grzymała-Busse, Daniel S. Hamilton, Mara Karlin, Steven Pifer, Melanie W. Sisson, Constanze Stelzenmüller, Thomas Wright +6 more

February 17, 2026

The war in depth

Ukraine Index: Tracking developments in the Ukraine war

To track the course of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Brookings Institution is compiling security, economic, and political data presented in graphic form.

The Talbott Papers on Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Named in honor of American statesman and former Brookings Institution President Strobe Talbott, “The Talbott Papers on Implications of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” is a series of policy analyses that aims to understand the conflict in Ukraine.

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