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Russia’s War in Ukraine

Understanding the conflict four years on.

Fresh off an encouraging NATO summit and significant wins on the battlefield against Russia over the past several weeks, Ukraine is making moves to ensure those gains aren’t in vain.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined nine other European leaders in Paris on Monday to announce a new anti-ballistic missile coalition. The coalition—whose other members include Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom—will help “build a shared antiballistic missile capacity for Europe” through “collective effort, technological openness, and trusted industrial cooperation,” according to a statement by the French government.

Fresh off an encouraging NATO summit and significant wins on the battlefield against Russia over the past several weeks, Ukraine is making moves to ensure those gains aren’t in vain.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined nine other European leaders in Paris on Monday to announce a new anti-ballistic missile coalition. The coalition—whose other members include Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom—will help “build a shared antiballistic missile capacity for Europe” through “collective effort, technological openness, and trusted industrial cooperation,” according to a statement by the French government.

The coalition’s first order of business, however, will be supporting Ukraine’s own missile defense........

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