Four books about war against Ukraine on a white table

Five books to better understand the war against Ukraine

Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 produced an avalanche of books — memoirs, histories, analyses — many of them rushed and shallow. These five (or six, as you will see) are not. Whether you want to understand how the war feels from the inside, how Russia arrived at this point, or how information itself became a weapon, this list covers all three angles without repeating itself. I read all of them in the past two years and each one left a mark. ...

May 15, 2026 · 5 min · Dominik Mecko