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Ian Lovett

ARTICLES BY IAN LOVETT

Ukrainians long ago grew accustomed to scheduled blackouts, designed to conserve energy, that last hours at a time. (AFP)

Christmas in Ukraine approaches with power grid in crisis

5 min read . 24 Dec 2025

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky with top aide Andriy Yermak during a meeting in Madrid. (AFP)

Pressure mounts on Zelensky over right-hand man

2 min read . 29 Nov 2025

Trump has slapped steep tariffs on India, a major Russian trading partner, but so far hasn’t issued any major new sanctions or secondary sanctions on Russia. (AFP)

Fresh from Middle East victory, Trump sets his sights on peace in Ukraine

5 min read . 14 Oct 2025

The Ukrainian air defence shoots down a Russian drone above Kyiv during an overnight mass drone and missile strikes on Ukraine. (AFP)

Ukraine’s supply runs turn to nightmares as drones menace roads far beyond front

5 min read . 21 Sept 2025

Some 1,674 civilians were killed or injured during July, the highest total of any month in more than three years, according to United Nations data. (AP)

In front-line Ukrainian towns, those who stayed become moving targets

6 min read . 04 Sept 2025

Ukrainian soldiers and army engineers inspect new fortifications in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. Photo: Manu Brabo for WSJ

Ahead of Trump-Putin meeting, Zelensky says he won’t exchange land for peace

5 min read . 13 Aug 2025

Ukrainian officers and infantrymen complain of a centralized command culture that often punishes initiative and wastes men’s lives. (AFP)

Ukraine’s once nimble army is mired in Soviet decision-making

14 min read . 13 Aug 2025

A service member of a drone unit of the 24th Separate Mechanized Brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces prepares a heavy combat drone before its flight over positions of Russian troops, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk Region, Ukraine. (Reuters)

A never-ending supply of drones has frozen the front lines in Ukraine

4 min read . 13 Jul 2025

Ukrainian servicemen of the 30th Prince Kostiantyn Ostrozkyi Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Russia's full-scale invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over Ukraine before dawn on 24 February 2022. (File Photo: Reuters)

Where Russia is advancing in Ukraine and what it hopes to gain

4 min read . 12 Jun 2025

Natalya Barchuk moved to a Russian-occupied part of Ukraine to try to free her husband.

Russia jailed her husband in occupied Ukraine. Then Natalya swung into action.

14 min read . 20 Mar 2025

Europe faces pressure to bolster Ukraine’s defence as US support wavers, with leaders debating aid, security, and strategy.

White House clash raises tough question for Ukraine

5 min read . 02 Mar 2025

An American-provided Bradley Fighting Vehicle in use by Ukraine’s 47th Mechanized Brigade. Photographs by Serhii Korovayny for WSJ

Without US aid, Ukraine would lose some of its most sophisticated weapons

6 min read . 25 Feb 2025

What Kyiv’s forces have in abundance are drones—which Ukraine is now relying on to compensate for the lack of infantry. (REUTERS)

It’s Russian men against Ukrainian machines on the battlefields in Ukraine

6 min read . 07 Feb 2025

Ukraine says it has Europe’s largest reserves of titanium, which is used to make alloys used in aircraft and naval vessels. (Image: Pixabay)

Ukraine open to Trump’s idea to exchange aid for rare earths—But there’s a catch

4 min read . 05 Feb 2025

Engineers test land drones at an Ark Robotics facility in Ukraine.

Ukraine bets a free market for weapons production can out-innovate Russia

7 min read . 22 Dec 2024

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. (AFP)

Zelensky signals he’s open to negotiating a peace deal

6 min read . 03 Dec 2024

Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Moscow has sustained 700,000 casualties, according to British officials. (AP)

Ukraine clings to shrinking sliver of Russia, expecting Trump to push for peace

7 min read . 25 Nov 2024

An Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, launched during joint military training between U.S. and South Korea in 2022. (Photo: YONHAP NEWS AGENCY/via REUTERS)

Ukraine uses U.S.-provided missiles in Russia for first time

1 min read . 19 Nov 2024

Henady Skripchenko stands in front of a building destroyed by artillery in Kherson, Ukraine.

Russian drone jockeys hunt front-line shop clerks and repairmen in Ukraine

5 min read . 06 Nov 2024

Buildings in Lviv, Ukraine, were damaged by Russian attacks last week. (WSJ)

More Ukrainians want to negotiate an end to the war. Soldiers don’t agree.

6 min read . 10 Sept 2024