Ruth Deyermond

1 month ago | cepa.org | Elisabeth Braw |Edward Lucas |Andrii Vdovychenko |Ruth Deyermond

The biennial Exercise Joint Viking, which ended on March 14, is the largest military drill in Norway and the alliance’s most important recurring Arctic war game. Without it, operational cooperation will waste and NATO armies will be less prepared to repel a Russian attack. Will there be another in 2027? And if there is, will US forces join the 10,000-strong drill? Even as Joint Viking was underway, the US military denied reports it planned to pull out of all NATO exercises from this year.

1 month ago | cepa.org | Julius Strauss |Ruth Deyermond |Mila Tanghe |Marija Golubeva

It makes for haunting viewing.  A Russian soldier, almost certainly a 32-year-old father-of-two-daughters called Oleg Yakovlev from the city of Saratov, shouts “Film me! Film me!” as a Ukrainian captive, one of six who have surrendered, walks slowly away from him. As a member of his squad films, Yakovlev raises his Kalashnikov assault rifle and riddles the unarmed Ukrainian with bullets.

1 month ago | kcl.ac.uk | Ruth Deyermond |Shashank Joshi |Anna Matveeva

Experts from King’s shared their insights on the extraordinary Oval Office exchange between US President Donald Trump, Vice-President JD Vance and the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Following the heated discussion on 28 February, which played out live in front of the world's media, President Zelensky left the White House, meaning an anticipated deal around Ukraine’s mineral wealth was not signed.