Fires and smoke foul the air. Toxins seep into the earth and water. Habitats for wildlife disappear. Experts call it ecocide.

Ellie Cook is a Newsweek security and defense reporter based in London, U.K. Her work focuses largely on the Russia-Ukraine war, the U.S. military, weapons systems and emerging technology.

What we are showing on our Ukraine map and why it looks different from other media outlets’ projects This war is different. Although men and machines are also clashing in this one, the global ...

Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion three years ago. Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control over the past year, mostly in ...

Ukraine’s energy infrastructure is a major Russian military target. But the system also faces another enemy: climate ...