US EditionWhere Ukraine and Russia Stand as War Enters Fifth Year
Peace talks have stalled over territorial and political demands while civilian deaths rose 30% to 2,514 in 2025, the deadliest year since the invasion began.
- On Feb. 24, 2026, Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine enters its fifth year, with last week's U.S.-brokered peace talks in Switzerland producing no breakthroughs.
- Control of territory has become the central sticking point, as Russian President Vladimir Putin demands withdrawals from parts of Donbas and political concessions Kyiv rejects.
- The United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine found last year was deadliest, reporting 2,514 civilians killed, more than 12,000 injured, and over 650 incidents hitting residential buildings, hospitals, and energy substations.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appealed for international support and a ceasefire along current frontlines, personally addressing U.S. leaders as U.S. President Donald Trump calls for an end to the war.
- The eastern front now stretches more than 700 miles, and documentaries show thousands of Ukrainian children taken to Russian-controlled areas, raising political questions amid Russia's internal strains like the June 23, 2023 Wagner mutiny.
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Where Ukraine and Russia stand as war enters fifth year
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, unleashing the deadliest war in Europe since World War II. As the conflict reaches its four-year mark, here’s a look at the state of the conflict and some of the consequences for both countries. Destruction The war has resulted in widespread destruction in Ukraine. Entire cities in Ukraine’s east and south, among them Bakhmut, Toretsk and Vovchansk, have been reduced to rub…
The ongoing talks show that Putin only pretends to be ready for peace. He plays on time, sees himself on the victor's street in a war of wear and tear. Diplomacy is for him part of the warfare, says General Klaus Wittmann.
According to popular perceptions, the longer a war lasts, the less the public becomes enthusiastic about the continuation of the conflict. As a result, the usual citizens are those who tend to bear economic and human costs...
Ukraine begins the fifth year of Russian invasion at a crossroads. In addition to the military and social wear and tear involved in the war, the United States is pressing for Kiev to accept a peace that, in the terms that Moscow proposes, would entail a capitulation.The main stumbling block of the three-party peace talks, which are scheduled to resume on Thursday, just two days after the fourth anniversary of the war, is the cession of the easte…
Zelenskyy admits Ukrainians 'exhausted' as war with Russia enters fifth year, refuses to yield
Today marks the fourth anniversary of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy acknowledged that his countrymen are exhausted after years of conflict, but stressed that conceding to Russia’s demands is not an option. In an interview with CNN, Zelenskyy said that any deal compromising Ukraine’s sovereignty would effectively mean losing the country entirely. He admitted that the nation is weary with the w…
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