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Ukraine is gaining momentum, but the war is far from over
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Ukraine is gaining momentum, but the war is far from over

Ukraine is striking deeper inside Russia than ever before, but has the momentum in the war truly shifted? Kyiv says it has changed the battlefield, but warns the hardest fighting may still lie ahead.

Is Ukraine turning the tide against Russia?
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Is Ukraine turning the tide against Russia?

Ukraine is bringing the war to Russia, reshaping the battlefield and raising new questions about whether the momentum is finally shifting away from Vladimir Putin. In this GZERO World conversation with Ian Bremmer, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba explains why Ukraine believes it has changed the dynamics of the conflict.

Ukrainian drones go the distance
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Ukrainian drones go the distance

Ukrainian drones are hitting targets deep inside Russia, reaching areas where once residents believed the war was too distant to touch them. For the city of Yekaterinburg, which saw residential buildings damaged by drones, the attack carries symbolic weight. The city lies in Ural Mountains and served as a base for the Soviet Union during World War II because it was considered out of range from attacks coming from Europe.

A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged following unidentified attacks that targeted two foreign tankers, according to Iraqi port officials, near Basra, Iraq, on March 12, 2026.​
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​A man removes a sheet from a wall with shrapnel holes at the site of a drone attack on a birthday party, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 4, 2025.
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​Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Finland's President Alexander Stubb, Estonia’s Prime Minister, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and other European leaders visit memorial to fallen Ukrainian defenders at the Independent Square on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion, in Kyiv, Ukraine February 24, 2026.
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Four years in: Ukraine war grinds on

Somewhere in the Donbas region, Ukrainian soldier Artem Bondarenko says he hasn’t slept through the night in months as he defends Eastern Ukraine.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin attends his annual end-of-year press conference and phone-in in Moscow, Russia December 19, 2025.
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Drone wall plan tests Europe’s cohesion
Analysis

Drone wall plan tests Europe’s cohesion

After a spate of Russian drones appeared in European airspace, the European Commission is exploring a so-called “drone wall,” an air defense system that aims to detect and destroy drones that pass through Europe’s eastern borders.

Russian drone attacks are reshaping life in Ukraine
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Russian drone attacks are reshaping life in Ukraine

Russia’s daily barrages of aerial attacks have transformed life into ‘hell’ for Ukraine’s soldiers and millions of Ukrainian civilians who live in constant fear of drone swarms and aerial bombs, the FT’s Christopher Miller tells Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.