A selection of the best of our coverage of the conflict from the past fortnight.
At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.
Since Vladimir Putin sent his war machine into Ukraine on February 24 2022, The Conversation has called upon some of the leading experts in international security, geopolitics and military tactics to help our readers understand the big issues. You can also subscribe to our fortnightly recap of expert analysis of the conflict in Ukraine.
Read more: Ukraine war: beware all the talk of 'breakthroughs' or 'gamechangers' – it's going to be a long, bloody and costly struggle Titov was back in Russia last month and reports a far more buoyant mood there, given the apparent failure of the counteroffensive to score any significant breakthroughs. Now, says Titov, it is Ukraine that is having to strengthen its conscription laws – and a recent scandal concerning people bribing recruitment officers has hit morale hard.
Stefan Wolff, from the University of Birmingham, and Tetyana Malyarenko, from the University of Odesa, have been watching for signs of combat fatigue among Ukraine’s allies, as well as anger from those countries in the global south who feel as if their concerns have been sidelined. Read more: Ukraine war: Slovakia may be about to elect a government which plans to halt aid to Kyiv
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‘Significant minority’ within US House don’t want ‘further aid going to Ukraine’The “significant minority” within the US House of Representatives that do not want further aid going to Ukraine is “growing”, says Internet 2.0 co-founder Rob Potter. This comes as US President Joe Biden has vowed to stand by Ukraine after further military funding was excluded from a last-minute budget deal. “At the beginning of the year, the administration realised that with the possibility of the Republicans winning in the House and the Senate … that funding to Ukraine would get much harder later in this year,” Mr Potter told Sky News Australia. “So a lot of the funding was frontloaded before the midterm elections but now we’re at the point where there now needs to be more funding put forward to continue the support to the country. “There’s obviously an overwhelming support within both houses of the US congressional system to get this done, however, during the budget debate there was a significant minority of the House that didn’t want any further aid going to Ukraine.”
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Continuation of US support ‘vital’ to Ukraine’s chances of winning warInternet 2.0 co-founder Rob Potter says Ukraine can see support is going to get harder and harder, with the US excluding further military funding from a last-minute budget deal. “The level of support they had obviously when the situation was acute and the Russians were planning siege to Kyiv is not necessarily the same circumstance it is today where there’s a grinding fight in the eastern part of the country,' Mr Potter told Sky News Australia. He said although it is still very significant and is claiming a large number of lives, this changes the amount of support Ukraine can expect from foreign countries. “And they’re preparing for a possibility of having to live on leaner times. “However it’s going to be absolutely vital if Ukraine has a chance to win the war for US support to continue.”
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Ukraine’s parliament mocks Elon Musk, as antagonism between billionaire, Kyiv growsUkrainian officials criticised Musk earlier in the war for suggesting that they should consider giving up land for peace, a position that Kyiv has rejected.
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Ukraine’s parliament mocks Elon Musk, as antagonism between billionaire, Kyiv growsUkrainian officials criticised Musk earlier in the war for suggesting that they should consider giving up land for peace, a position that Kyiv has rejected.
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Ukraine’s parliament mocks Elon Musk, as antagonism between billionaire, Kyiv growsUkrainian officials criticised Musk earlier in the war for suggesting that they should consider giving up land for peace, a position that Kyiv has rejected.
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EU proposes €5bn military aid package for Ukraine after ‘historic’ meetingJosep Borrell condemns ‘inhumane’ Russia as bloc offers training for soldiers and fighter jet pilots
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