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When a nation is at war, even if it claims it is not, the reverberations back home — the place where the conflict was first conceived — can be far-reaching.

At the beginning, Vladimir Putin said it wasn't a war

Biden said Putin's threats have raised the risk of "Armageddon" to its highest level since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

In another video, we can see a Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian troops in Luhansk Oblast. In the interaction, the Russian was fed shawarma, and it seemed like this was the first meal he's had in days.

The Ukrainian victory in the Donetsk region town of Lyman is the latest in a series of major battlefield defeats for Russia’s military. Criticism of Russian commanders is now bubbling to the surface. That’s a problem for the Kremlin

The decision to mobilize reservists and the ensuing domestic unrest points to Putin’s weakness. Western sanctions and military support for Ukraine are key to preventing a Russian victory.

Rajan Menon is a nonresident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program and director of the Grand Strategy Program at Defense Priorities.

Massive anti-war protests are a sign President Vladimir Putin has failed to rally the Russian people behind his war in Ukraine, analysts say.

After world leaders mourn a queen, but not the British Empire, they warn of the Kremlin leaders drive to resurrect a Russian Empire.

The Kremlin’s aim to mobilize up to 300,000 citizens to fight in Ukraine faces significant obstacles and -- even if achieved -- may not change the course of the war, analysts say.