War in Ukraine: geopolitics

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• Rush by west to back Israel erodes developing countries’ support for Ukraine

  Diplomats warn backing for Israeli assault on Gaza has poisoned efforts to build consensus against Russia’s war

  
• ‘We’re not Amazon’: tensions with Ukraine surface at Nato summit

  UK defence secretary Ben Wallace says western backers want ‘gratitude’ as Zelenskyy pushes for more

  
• Nato’s dilemma: what to do about Ukraine’s bid to join?

  Membership represents the long-term security that Kyiv wants and was promised 15 years ago. But Russia’s war has complicated things

  
• African leaders tell Putin to show his ‘desire for peace’

  Senegal president presses Moscow for humanitarian ‘progress’ ahead of Russia-Africa summit

  
• Jens Stoltenberg vows Nato will stand with Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes’

  Secretary-general travels to Kyiv for the first time since Moscow’s full-scale invasion

  
• How the Ukraine war has divided the world

  China is making diplomatic progress with countries that are unhappy about America’s approach to the conflict

  
• Arming Ukraine: how war forced the EU to rewrite defence policy

  Brussels ripped up its playbook with a bold move to use a recently formed fund to send billions of euros in weapons to Kyiv

  
• Biden vows ‘unwavering support’ for Ukraine during surprise visit to Kyiv

  US president’s stopover in Ukrainian capital comes ahead of first anniversary of Russia’s invasion

  
• Military briefing: how the UK took a vanguard role on arms for Ukraine

  British leaders have been feted in Kyiv for their role in galvanising allies to provide weapons

  
• Bad blood between Hungary and Ukraine undermines EU unity on Russia

  Budapest’s energy dependence on Moscow and mistrust of Kyiv complicate the bloc’s approach to the conflict