Five global consequences of Russia’s Ukraine invasion

Kyiv’s allies have torn up decades of foreign policy and abandoned neutrality

Anti-war protesters march near the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin
Anti-war protesters march in Berlin
(Image credit: Liesa Johannssen-Koppitz/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In the eyes of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine looked set be a swift operation that would boost national security and unseat a westward-looking rival government.

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