The Trump administration says sanctions imposed on Moscow mean the U.S. does little trade with Russia, but questions persist about the motivations.
The meeting between Kirill Dmitriev and Steve Witkoff was apparently the first time in years that a senior Russian official had traveled to the United States for talks with an American counterpart.
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The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against L.G.B.T.Q. people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.
Los drones del líder ruso asedian las ciudades ucranianas, mientras sus tácticas negociadoras ponen a prueba la paciencia de la Casa Blanca más amistosa con la que ha lidiado en décadas.
El presidente Trump dijo que podría imponer aranceles a las naciones que compran petróleo a Rusia si esta frustra las negociaciones sobre un acuerdo de paz en Ucrania. Sugirió que la misma medida era posible para Irán.
The Russian leader’s drones are deluging Ukrainian cities, while his negotiating tactics test the patience of the friendliest White House he has faced in decades.
The administration must be crystal clear that we are aligned with democracy, free markets and the rule of law.
The assignment was part of a new program aimed at suspected Russian sabotage. None has occurred since NATO began patrols.
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Una investigación de The New York Times reveló que la implicación de Estados Unidos en la guerra de Ucrania fue mucho más profunda de lo que se creía. He aquí los puntos clave.
President Trump said he could impose tariffs on nations that buy oil from Russia if it thwarts negotiations for a peace deal in Ukraine. He suggested the same step was possible for Iran.
A politicized military is an ineffective military.
An investigation by The New York Times has revealed that America was woven into the war far more than previously known.
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This is the untold story of America’s hidden role in Ukrainian military operations against Russia’s invading armies.
La operación tiene como objetivo la región de Belgorod, según funcionarios ucranianos, analistas de inteligencia de fuentes abiertas y blogueros militares rusos. El avance se produce mientras continúan las conversaciones sobre el alto el fuego.
Officials in Kyiv say the country cannot possibly accept the proposal and that new negotiations would be needed. But they have not rejected it outright, which would anger the White House.
The small incursion targets the Belgorod region, according to Ukrainian officials, analysts of open-source intelligence and Russian military bloggers. The advance comes as cease-fire talks continue.
President Trump’s disdain for protecting European allies gives Vladimir Putin a fresh opportunity to extend his influence.
The aerospace company H.R. Smith Group was an early backer of the party after Nigel Farage became leader. Reform has faced criticism over comments seen as supporting Moscow.
Lawmakers had feared that a database on children taken by Russia was deleted when funding was stopped as part of President Trump’s foreign aid cuts.
Mientras diplomáticos y líderes europeos hablan de una posible tregua, las batallas en las que Rusia y Ucrania se enfrentan son tan intensas como cualquier otra que se haya librado en esta guerra.
The vessel was carrying 45 people on a coral reef tour near Hurghada, a Red Sea resort.
For soldiers and commanders on the edge of battle, any talk about a lasting cease-fire still feels like a dangerous fantasy.
Los expertos dijeron que las exigencias de Moscú están ralentizando el proceso y dándole ventaja en las conversaciones mientras Estados Unidos está a la expectativa por los acuerdos.
By combining tariffs with the threat of sanctions on oil and gas sales, the U.S. can make money while pressuring Russia to end its war in Ukraine.
Moscow’s demands are slowing the process and giving it the advantage in talks with a deal-hungry United States, experts said.
It remains unclear if the commitments to stop attacks and ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea, which came with many caveats, would happen soon.
European leaders are struggling to find the money and the political will to replace the bulk of the U.S. contribution to Ukraine and to their own defense.
Since World War II, American forces have been stationed on the island. Today, from a remote outpost, they watch the skies.
On the day the report was released, Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, told lawmakers that Moscow was a “formidable competitor.”
The deal was limited, and it was not clear when or how it would start. The Kremlin also demanded some Western sanctions be lifted first.
The steel shell that encloses the site of the world’s worst nuclear disaster was built to endure for a century. But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned.
On Tuesday, America’s top intelligence officials will release their current assessment of Russia. They are caught between what their analysts say and what President Trump wants to hear.
Ya sabemos lo que ocurre cuando las grandes potencias se sienten con derecho a sus zonas de control y los fuertes intentan dominar a los débiles.
Para Moscú, mejorar los lazos con Washington representa una ventaja económica y geopolítica, que puede lograrse incluso mientras los misiles rusos siguen golpeando Ucrania.
Moscow sees economic and geopolitical benefits in humoring President Trump’s push for a cease-fire in Ukraine. But the Kremlin’s war aims haven’t shifted.
Kyiv and Moscow have had separate discussions with Washington about a temporary pause on strikes on energy sites and a cease-fire in the Black Sea.
We already know what happens when great powers feel entitled to their zones of control and the strong try to dominate the weak.
The assault underscored the deep mistrust between Russia and Ukraine as U.S.-mediated talks about a partial cease-fire began in Saudi Arabia.
As President Trump promotes renewed business ties with Russia, an American investor has a warning: Anyone there can become a pawn.
The British prime minister said Putin would break any peace deal unless Ukraine gets robust security guarantees and that preserving the U.S.-British relationship was crucial.
The British prime minister said in a series of conversations that the tectonic shifts in America’s relationship with Europe and Russia had to be a ‘galvanizing moment.’
Allies say the foreign policy version of “flood the zone” is working. But critics argue that the hurry-up approach in Israel, Ukraine and Iran may not lead to stable, durable solutions to conflicts around the world.
As Russia and Ukraine prepare to discuss a possible cease-fire on power infrastructure, each side appears to be trying to portray the other as untrustworthy.
No country in Europe is as much a product of enlightened postwar American diplomacy. Now adrift, it has begun to reckon with a new world.
The attack on Engels airfield in Russia’s Saratov region, appeared to target an area with several warehouses, which is described online as for weapons storage.
There is little appetite in Ukraine and Russia for major concessions, according to a U.S. firm’s analysis of online posts. But a minority of Russians want to keep fighting until Ukraine’s president is overthrown.
The White House said taking ownership of Ukrainian plants would give them the “best protection.” The idea faces legal hurdles and operational challenges, and it’s unclear if Ukraine would agree to it.
The two sides traded strikes overnight as the Trump administration worked to hammer out the details of a partial cease-fire.
Nearly 60 days in, the president is failing to engage in long-term thinking.
Gran parte de lo que el presidente de Rusia acordó en la conversación con el presidente de Estados Unidos se ha presentado como una concesión a Trump. Pero se trata de objetivos que el Kremlin ha considerado ventajosos en el pasado.
En las negociaciones sobre la guerra en Ucrania entre los presidentes de Estados Unidos y Rusia hay algo que no huele bien. Aquí enumero todas mis sospechas.
President Trump also floated the idea of the United States taking control of Ukrainian power plants, according to U.S. officials. The Ukrainian president said he was not pressured about the proposal.
Although much of what Vladimir V. Putin agreed to during his call with President Trump was spun as a concession, the Russian leader stuck to the positions he has long held.
An agreement to suspend such attacks will affect a strategy key to both countries’ efforts to weaken the other. It would also be a significant step toward de-escalation.
There are too many unanswered questions that raise suspicions.
In a call with President Trump, Russia’s leader agreed to pause strikes on energy infrastructure. Ukraine also appeared willing to accept such a halt, though it fell short of the unconditional cease-fire the country had already agreed to.
La llamada es la primera conversación conocida entre ambos líderes desde que Ucrania acordó apoyar un alto al fuego de un mes respaldado por Estados Unidos.
The U.S. is seeking access to Ukrainian minerals, which require extensive energy to process. The Zaporizhzhia power plant in southern Ukraine, which Russia controls, could help with that, Kyiv says.
Plus, drones on Mount Everest.
The Kremlin said that President Vladimir V. Putin had agreed in a call with President Trump to temporarily stop strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
Anger at Russia’s covert efforts, which included targeting undersea cables, warehouses and railways, has the potential to influence European reactions to the U.S.-led push for an end to the war.
He can no longer imagine a future without it.
In an echo of the Yalta Conference in 1945, the American and Russian leaders will talk on Tuesday about who gets what in the process of ending the war in Ukraine.
Sushi has long been a popular indulgence in Ukraine. For the residents of Sloviansk, a city in Russian cross hairs, it can provide a sense of normalcy that is akin to a necessity in wartime.
President Trump said negotiations over a U.S.-backed cease-fire proposal had continued over the weekend and that discussions had included “dividing up certain assets.”
The decision is the latest indication of the Trump administration’s move away from holding President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia accountable for crimes committed against Ukrainians.
At the height of the campaign, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian territory. Now they hold just a small sliver of land along the border.
The bold campaign Ukraine launched last summer to seize and occupy Russian territory appears to be nearing an end.
The rally on Saturday in the capital, Belgrade, came as protests have spread to towns around the country and have drawn increasingly insistent calls that President Aleksandar Vucic step aside.
The Kremlin is pressing an offensive to take back its land in the Kursk region, while prolonging negotiations over a proposal by Washington and Kyiv.
Talk of replacing the American nuclear umbrella over Europe with the small British and French nuclear armories is in the air, however vague and fanciful.
Thousands of women may have been raped by Russian soldiers, experts say, but have kept quiet for fear of the stigma. But that is changing.
Five years after Brexit, Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s intense diplomacy on Ukraine has put Britain back in a familiar role on the global stage.
Voislav Torden, a commander in a Russian paramilitary group, was sentenced to life in prison for the attack and mutilation of Ukrainian soldiers in 2014.
Beijing sought to position itself as a key player in negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program, as President Trump called for talks with Tehran.
Talks in Moscow with a U.S. special envoy indicated that Russia was keen to keep negotiating with the United States over Ukraine.
Different sides of the war in Ukraine reach for different, simple narratives about Mr. Zelensky. The truth has always been more complicated.
Las declaraciones del presidente de Rusia daban a entender que quería alargar las negociaciones o imposibilitar una tregua. El líder ucraniano calificó la respuesta al plan de “manipuladora”.
The remarks by the Russian leader suggested he wanted to draw out negotiations or make a truce impossible. Ukraine’s leader called the response to a cease-fire plan “manipulative.”
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Steven Witkoff, a real estate developer and friend of the president’s, lacks diplomatic experience, but the new administration might view that as a plus.
U.S. officials were in Moscow for talks, and the Russian leader said he was open to a cease-fire, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine expressed skepticism.
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At the height of their offensive, Ukrainian forces controlled some 500 square miles of Russian soil. Now they hold just a narrow strip of land along the border.
The likely next chancellor has staked his government on a move to increase military spending. But the window for change is closing fast.
Ukrainian officials have not confirmed a retreat from the town in Russia’s Kursk region, parts of which were captured by Kyiv’s forces last summer.
The French president’s prescriptions for “strategic autonomy” and a European force for Ukraine are suddenly timely in a world with a less dependable America.
The trip comes as President Trump looks to secure the Russian leader’s support for a 30-day cease-fire.
Hace poco, el líder ruso rechazaba la idea de una tregua provisional en Ucrania, pero su deseo de mantener su buena relación con el presidente Trump podría hacerlo reconsiderar.
A search for the fossils of long-extinct creatures, hidden in Russia’s frigid waters.
El sistema global que Estados Unidos instauró a lo largo de 80 años resultó bastante frágil ante las medidas de Trump, que revolucionan la forma en que el país ejerce el poder.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said top diplomats from the Group of 7 allies meeting in Canada should focus on ending the war. And he shrugged off President Trump’s threats to annex Canada.
Leaders worked hard to get President Volodymyr Zelensky back in the good graces of President Trump, no matter how humiliating, and to shift the onus to Russia.
While Ukraine said it would agree to a 30-day cease-fire proposal, many in the country were skeptical about whether Russia would do the same.
Russia’s leader recently rejected the idea of an interim truce in Ukraine. But he wants to maintain his relationship with President Trump.
Hasta Donald Trump, ningún presidente ha sido tan ignorante de las lecciones de la historia, tan incompetente a la hora de aplicar sus propias ideas.
El anuncio se dio a conocer después de unas conversaciones en Arabia Saudita, donde Kiev dijo que apoyaría la propuesta del gobierno de Trump de un alto al fuego de 30 días con Rusia.
Moscow’s military advances on the town of Sudzha may deprive Kyiv of a bargaining chip in peace talks.
The system America took 80 years to assemble proved surprisingly fragile in the face of Trump’s assault, a revolution in how the country exercises power across the globe.
The deeper discussion of a European force comes amid rising anger and dismay over President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies.
The pre-dawn attack came hours before scheduled talks between high-level delegations from Ukraine and the United States in Saudi Arabia.
La ofensiva, que el alcalde calificó como la más grande contra la capital rusa desde el comienzo de la guerra, fue un recordatorio del poder de ataque de Ucrania, mientras su presidente propone una tregua aérea.
Footage and satellite images reviewed by The Times show civilians in the compound. Thousands have fled violent unrest in the country’s coastal region.
The assault, which the mayor called the largest on Russia’s capital since the war began, was a reminder of Ukraine’s power to strike as its president proposes an air truce.
La línea del frente dentro de Ucrania se ha vuelto más estática, dicen los soldados ucranianos, incluso mientras Rusia recupera terreno en su propia región de Kursk.
The deal announced on Tuesday delivered new momentum to efforts to halt the fighting, with the ball for any truce now in Russia’s court, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The secretary of state, heading to talks with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia, said future talks with Moscow will be needed to determine what Russia is willing to give up to end the war.
The front line inside Ukraine has become more static, Ukrainian soldiers say, even as Russia regains ground in its own Kursk region.
The Trump administration is negotiating the return of more Russian diplomats to the United States. Some are likely to be spies.
Queda por ver hasta dónde llegará el acercamiento del presidente Trump a Rusia y el abandono de los aliados tradicionales. Pero “Occidente” puede haber desaparecido.
When there is so much uncertainty about the shape of the future, the only time to do things is now.
The publication of the detailed analysis was a sign that a cease-fire has gone from a theoretical exercise to an urgent and practical issue.
The announcement came amid fears that Pyongyang may be receiving crucial military technology from Russia in return for sending troops and weapons for its war against Ukraine.
The bombardment came after Washington’s decision to suspend intelligence sharing and hit a region critical for Ukrainian logistics and support.
President Trump’s admiration for President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been endlessly dissected, but the American leader’s policy shifts since taking office again could have profound effects.
Russia has retaken about two-thirds of the territory Ukraine seized last summer in the Kursk region of Russia, but at a fearful cost in lives.
It remains to be seen how far President Trump’s embrace of Russia and abandonment of traditional allies will go. But “the West” may be gone.
Ukraine uses the technology to track the movement of Russian troops and assess damage to infrastructure.
As President Trump casts doubt on U.S. alliances, Poland needs to double its military manpower and consider more destructive weapons, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said.
The strikes were aimed at critical Ukrainian infrastructure and increased worries that the Trump administration’s decision to withhold intelligence assistance could leave Ukraine more vulnerable.
The group of Bulgarians, who were living in the U.K., were convicted by a London jury of conducting surveillance operations across Europe on behalf of the Russian state.
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The president framed his threat as part of his effort to forge a cease-fire and permanent peace deal in Ukraine. He later defended Russia’s overnight attacks on Ukraine.
The bombardment came just days after the United States said it was suspending intelligence sharing with Ukraine.
Replacing what the Americans do for the NATO alliance would take money, personnel, time and cooperation. None of those is easy.
The president understands that the liberal international order was possible only because of U.S. might, and Americans don’t want to pay the bill anymore.
The officials plan to meet next week to discuss the first steps of an agreement, after President Trump cast doubt on U.S. support for Ukraine in recent days.
Residents and aid workers said they received warnings only a few minutes before a missile struck a hotel in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine.
The envoy, Phil Goff, questioned President Trump’s understanding of history at a public event about the war in Ukraine.
It is by supporting Zelensky that we give ending the war a real shot.
At least four people were killed in a Russian attack, Ukraine said, amid concerns about air defenses after the U.S. said it was suspending military and intelligence aid.
Ahora que el presidente Donald Trump ha empezado a ponerse del lado de Rusia, la maquinaria propagandística del Kremlin ha cambiado de tono.
Hay una defensa del acercamiento de Donald Trump a Vladimir Putin, pero ignora que el presidente de Rusia no es el defensor agraviado de los intereses históricos de su país, sino un agresor que busca una ambición personal.
European leaders are gathering in Brussels to discuss how to support Ukraine and fend more for themselves on defense.
El vicepresidente de EE. UU. descartó que estuviera hablando del Reino Unido y Francia cuando restó importancia a que los efectivos militares de “un país cualquiera” protejan Ucrania. Ningún otro país ha prometido enviar tropas.
Officials have suggested that the pause in weapons shipments and intelligence sharing could be relatively short-lived if Ukraine’s president bends to White House demands.
El discurso del presidente ante el Congreso abarcó los aranceles, Ucrania y los recortes en la fuerza de trabajo federal, pero hizo poco por abordar los peligros que acompañan esos cambios.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain and President Emmanuel Macron of France have been prodding and counseling Volodymyr Zelensky on how to deal with President Trump.
Officials say the halt in assistance is a warning to the Ukrainians of the consequences of not cooperating with the president.
It could be as little as four months, say analysts, as Europe scrambles to plug the hole in support left by President Trump’s suspension of military aid.
The president’s speech to Congress covered tariffs, Ukraine and cuts to the federal work force but did little to address the perils that accompany the abrupt shifts he has engineered.
When you don’t call things by their real name, there is usually a reason.
As President Trump begins to side with Russia, the Kremlin propaganda machine has changed its tune.
El libro del periodista Bob Woodward también relata que Donald Trump envió en secreto a Vladimir Putin lo que entonces eran raras máquinas de prueba COVID-19 para uso personal del líder ruso.