Kim Jong-un seized on Russia’s need for support in its war against Ukraine. His reward is a rapidly modernizing military that threatens the delicate balance of power on the Korean Peninsula.
A bipartisan duo met with the Ukrainian president and made the case for Congress to impose harsh economic penalties on Moscow for its continuing offensive.
Both Kyiv and Moscow have been maneuvering to set the terms and tempo of any talks to end the fighting.
La doble campaña de Moscú de intensificar los ataques en el frente y bombardear las ciudades ucranianas ha reducido aún más las perspectivas de poner fin a los combates.
Readers discuss the confrontation between President Trump and Harvard. Also: Standing up to Vladimir Putin; silencing authors; self-driving trucks.
The American president’s preference for praising and excusing the Russian leader has yielded no progress toward peace in Ukraine.
Moscow’s dual campaign of intensified frontline attacks and bombardment of Ukrainian cities has further reduced the prospects for an end to the fighting.
The president is right about wanting to end the war in Ukraine but wrong about threatening to walk away from cease-fire talks.
El Kremlin ha abrazado cada vez más al dictador soviético y a su legado, utilizándolos para exaltar la historia rusa en tiempos de guerra, aunque sigue siendo una figura profundamente divisiva en Rusia.
The sweeping order applied to hundreds of thousands of people legally in the country through programs put in place for Ukrainians, Afghans and others.
I’ve seen the signs before. I’m seeing them now.
The Kremlin has increasingly embraced the Soviet dictator and his legacy, using them to exalt Russian history in a time of war, but he remains a deeply divisive figure in Russia.
In the U.S., the re-enactment of historical battles has long been a niche hobby. But fake battles that echo an ongoing war are a relatively recent phenomenon.
En las últimas semanas, Estados Unidos ha parecido distanciarse del conflicto en Ucrania y ha enviado mensajes contradictorios sobre los esfuerzos diplomáticos para terminar con la guerra.
It remained to be seen whether President Trump’s latest comments indicated a new aggressive phase against Russia.
A group of G.O.P. senators has grown more vocal about urging penalties on Russia for its aggression against Ukraine, offering a counterpoint to President Trump’s hands-off stance.
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Snaking power lines are part of Moscow’s goal to harness the power of the Zaporizhzhia facility, according to Greenpeace.
President Trump said he was not happy with President Vladimir V. Putin’s decision to unleash one of the largest offensives in Russia’s war against Ukraine.
President Trump says that the Russian president has “gone absolutely CRAZY’’ with attacks in Ukraine, but has so far refused to join Europe with its newest sanctions.
“Está enviando cohetes a ciudades y matando gente, y no me gusta nada”, dijo el presidente Trump sobre su homólogo ruso.
With diplomatic efforts to reach a cease-fire appearing remote, and President Trump apparently abandoning the process, Russia has been escalating its assaults on Ukrainian cities and on the battlefield.
NATO’s leader is looking for little drama and a focus on new spending goals, not disagreements over Ukraine.
President Trump’s recent actions and statements suggest he might want an arrangement where the United States, China and Russia each dominate their sphere of influence.
“He’s sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don’t like it at all,” President Trump said of his Russian counterpart.
The attack involved nearly 370 missiles and drones, according to Ukraine’s Air Force. At least 12 people were killed.
After a stint with a drone unit led by a member of Parliament, Russian officials return to work, and promotions, garlanded as war veterans. Most soldiers are stuck in indefinite deployments.
Nathan’s Famous has found a foothold in Ukraine, a hot dog-loving country.
Among the 20th century’s most significant choreographers, he led the Bolshoi Ballet for more than 30 years, creating epic ballets like “Spartacus.”
President Trump trumpeted the event with a post on social networks.
Top economic officials avoided a condemnation of U.S. tariffs but committed to trying to reduce “economic policy uncertainty.”
For years, Russia used Brazil as a launchpad for its most elite intelligence officers, known as illegals. They started businesses, made friends and had love affairs — events that, over many years, became the building blocks of entirely new identities. Jane Bradley and Michael Schwirtz, investigative reporters for The New York Times, discuss one case.
Los servicios de inteligencia rusos hicieron de Brasil un semillero de agentes encubiertos. Un equipo de agentes federales del país sudamericano ha estado desmantelándolo silenciosamente.
Andriy Portnov era un colaborador de alto rango del expresidente ucraniano Viktor Yanukóvich, quien fue derrocado en una revuelta en 2014 por su alineamiento con Moscú.
En un cambio de postura, el presidente parece haber renunciado a unirse a la presión europea para imponer nuevas sanciones a Rusia, aparentemente deseoso de hacer negocios con ella.
Andriy Portnov was a senior aide to Ukraine’s former president Viktor F. Yanukovych, who was ousted in a 2014 uprising over his alignment with Moscow.
The European Union said it would provide short-term financing for Radio Free Europe, but the amount falls short of what the news outlet says it needs to stay afloat.
The Russian leader traveled to the region in the west of the country where a surprise incursion last year embarrassed Moscow.
President Trump’s phone call with Vladimir Putin, and what it can tell us about how the war might end.
A inteligência russa transformou o Brasil em uma linha de montagem de espiões. Mas policiais federais brasileiros trabalham, discretamente, para desmontá-la.
The messages offer a glimpse at life deep undercover. Our correspondents break down four revealing exchanges.
Russia’s intelligence services turned Brazil into an assembly line for deep-cover operatives. A team of federal agents from the South American country has been quietly dismantling it.
In a reversal, President Trump appears to have backed off joining a European push for new sanctions on Russia, seemingly eager to move on to doing business deals with it.
El Kremlin ha resistido hacer un alto al fuego inmediato como condición para las conversaciones de paz, pero el esfuerzo del presidente ruso para normalizar las relaciones con Estados Unidos ha quedado estancado.
The European Union has now targeted Moscow’s fleet of covert oil tankers and plans more restrictions, as the Trump administration’s approach to the war shifts.
President Trump appears to be stepping back from trying to end the war in Ukraine. Many in the country see little choice but to battle on.
The Kremlin has withstood pressure for an immediate cease-fire as a precondition for peace talks, but the Russian president’s push for normalizing relations with the United States appears in limbo.
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The United States can stand up to the Kremlin in Ukraine now or later. But the cost of waiting could be high.
President Trump once vowed to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine in 24 hours. Now he says the two sides should work it out themselves.
El presidente de Rusia dijo que estaba dispuesto a negociar un acuerdo de paz, pero dejó claro que no iba a ceder en su resistencia a un alto al fuego si no viene acompañado de concesiones a su país.
Tiendas de campaña, refugios para aviones de combate y almacenes para vehículos militares muestran el aumento de la presencia rusa cerca de uno de los miembros más recientes de la OTAN.
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A telephone call between the two leaders would be the latest chapter in a flurry of diplomatic maneuvering over ending the three-year conflict.
Tents, shelters for fighter jets and warehouses for military vehicles show increased Russian presence near one of NATO’s newest members.
The bombardment, which Ukrainian officials said mostly targeted Kyiv, came just a day before President Trump was expected to talk with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
Ukraine’s president was among the dignitaries and world leaders in St. Peter’s Square after the pope proposed the Vatican as a venue for peace talks.
Muchos soldados rusos afirman que verían un alto al fuego en las actuales líneas del frente como un fracaso, lo que insinúa el descontento nacionalista al que podría enfrentarse el Kremlin si aceptara un alto al fuego.
It’s the quest for the handshake that guides Trumpian foreign policy on almost every front.
Many Russian soldiers say they would see a cease-fire along the current front lines as a failure, hinting at the nationalist discontent the Kremlin could face in accepting a cease-fire.
The strike came hours after the first face-to-face talks between Ukrainian and Russian delegations since the early days of the war.
Sin embargo, ambas partes no lograron negociar un alto al fuego temporal ni una reunión entre sus líderes, lo que pone de manifiesto lo lejos que continúan para poner fin al conflicto.
The International Criminal Court confirmed that its chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, will step down pending the results of an investigation into allegations against him.
A Latvian security agency tells people to note radio gear and provocative questions, but some signs of espionage that it cites — like fit, unkempt backpackers — could apply to hikers and tourists.
Expectations are low for the discussions in Istanbul, the first direct peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv since early 2022.
El miércoles se anunciaron cargos penales por contrabando contra Kseniia Petrova, científica de Harvard. Un abogado del gobierno declaró que planean deportarla.
La esperada ronda de conversaciones de paz sobre Ucrania se volvió confusa cuando las delegaciones llegaron a ciudades diferentes y no dejaron claro si se reunirían.
Lydia Polgreen and Nicholas Kristof discuss why other nations are picking up what the president is punching down.
President Vladimir V. Putin’s name was not on a list of Russian officials attending the potential talks.
The fast-moving conflict between India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the inherent dangers of the modern nuclear age.
A hard-line aide to the Russian president will instead lead the delegation, according to a Kremlin statement.
Moscow thinks it’s winning in Ukraine and can play hardball diplomatically. Washington sees costly, incremental gains and an unrealistic negotiating position.
Grigory Melkonyants was convicted on charges of working with an “undesirable organization” in relation to his watchdog’s past affiliation with a European election monitoring group.
President Trump raised the prospect of attending negotiations himself, after Ukraine’s leader said he would go in person and challenged Russia’s to do the same.
As President Trump pushes to end the Russian invasion, two books look at the paramilitary Wagner Group and consider the shape of global conflict today.
The Kremlin brushed off the threat of further sanctions, saying that “the language of ultimatums is unacceptable.”
Ukraine’s president is pushing for an immediate truce. European leaders have said they will would impose new sanctions on Moscow if Russia’s president does not accept.
In terms of geopolitical bromances, this is it. David Pierson, a foreign correspondent for The New York Times covering China, explains how President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping, the leader of China, are closer than ever before.
They renewed the push for an unconditional 30-day cease-fire that Russia has rebuffed.
Russia’s president used the celebration of victory in World War II to highlight the resources he has to keep fighting in Ukraine.
President Trump’s insistence that the United States do less toward securing Europe means that allies, scrambling to arm themselves, have less to give to Ukraine.
The French and Ukrainian presidents have a particular bond, built on a common goal of protecting Ukraine and deflecting Russia.
On Saturday, the leaders of four major European powers — France, Germany, Britain and Poland — will travel to Kyiv in a display of European unity.
Discovering the ways her great-grandfather’s rich life intersected with the hidden history of Zionism led to an unusually crafted new book, “Melting Point.”
El presidente de Rusia pretende utilizar el acto para presentarse como líder mundial a pesar de los esfuerzos occidentales por aislarlo y que no ha ganado la guerra en Ucrania.
The military parade marking the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany was intended to impress allies and tap into Russia’s deep sense of national pride.
Joined by North Korean officers and the leaders of China and Brazil, President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany with a Red Square military parade.
Hindustan Aeronautics, a major trading partner for a Russian arms agency, said that sensitive British technology stayed in India.
President Trump made his threat in a post on Truth Social that came after a phone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine.
The Russian president is seeking to use the event to depict himself as a global leader despite Western efforts to isolate him and a failure to win the war in Ukraine.
A huge parade in the Russian capital to celebrate the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II, attended by leaders of more than 20 countries, comes amid faltering attempts to end the war in Ukraine.
El creciente apoyo militar de Occidente a India, y de China a Pakistán, señala un cambio en los alineamientos globales y otro posible punto álgido de las tensiones internacionales.
The lessons from World War II are critical for understanding how to restore and maintain long-term peace and security in Europe today.
The two leaders, meeting in Moscow, hailed their alliance a day ahead of events to mark the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
The two leaders, meeting in Moscow, rejected what they described as Washington’s attempt to contain them. They also hailed their friendship.
Events to mark the holiday in the occupied territories seem to be an effort to show Russian control of land it has captured.
The annual Moscow parade marking victory over Nazi Germany is expected to be the largest in years, with world leaders in attendance, as the Kremlin tries to link that triumph to the war in Ukraine.
In a parking lot in Ukraine, hundreds of family members gathered to greet loved ones being repatriated from Russian prisons. Amid happy reunions, there was anguish, too.
Xi Jinping, China’s leader, is reinforcing his bond with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. But that could hurt Beijing’s efforts to repair ties with Europe.
The attacks came a day before a Russian-proposed cease-fire was to take effect and as Moscow prepared to welcome foreign dignitaries for a parade.
A tres años de la invasión rusa de Ucrania, los padres que se oponen al conflicto y algunos maestros dicen estar haciendo todo lo posible para proteger a los niños de la educación patriótica del Estado.
Increasing Western military support to India, and China’s to Pakistan, signals a shift in global alignments — and another potential flashpoint for international tensions.
La ofensiva se produjo pocos días antes de un desfile previsto en la capital para conmemorar el 80 aniversario del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa.
Three years into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, antiwar parents and some teachers say they are going to great lengths to shield children from state-mandated patriotic education classes.
The volley came just days before a planned parade in the capital to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe.
A push to rename streets and remove statues associated with imperial Russia is dividing Odesa, whose identity is tied up in its history.
A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another.
Rusia carece de cualquier esfuerzo formal y organizado para llevar el registro de las legiones de soldados desaparecidos. Esto deja a menudo a los familiares en el limbo, valiéndose por sí mismos con escasa información gubernamental.
For countries that depend heavily on oil revenue, dropping prices are worrisome.
President Volodymyr Zelensky called the proposal a “theatrical show” and said such a short truce would not bolster negotiations for a lasting peace.
Russia lacks any formal, organized effort to account for legions of missing soldiers. That often leaves relatives in limbo, fending for themselves with scant government information.
After more than three years of war, President Trump proposed a peace plan for Russia and Ukraine in late April that would have the United States recognize Moscow’s 2014 takeover of the Crimean peninsula. Michael D. Shear, a former White House corr...
Russian strikes and fighting along the front line have killed far more civilians than over the same period a year ago, U.N. officials said in a presentation for diplomats in New York this week.
The burgeoning volunteer tourism sector lets travelers help maintain the natural beauty of the places they explore, from Patagonia to the Caucasus.
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.
The journalist Bob Woodward cited an unnamed aide saying that Donald J. Trump had spoken to Vladimir V. Putin as many as seven times since leaving office. Multiple sources say they cannot confirm that report.
The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
The war in Ukraine. Hamas’s attack on Israel. Inflation. The former president has insisted that none would have occurred if he had remained in office after 2020.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia made highly choreographed appearances in an effort to project power and control, and U.S. officials suggested Gen. Sergei Surovikin was probably being held.
Mientras prestábamos atención a la pandemia, China y Ucrania, los caminos hacia la prosperidad y los intereses comunes se han oscurecido.
While the world’s eyes were on the pandemic, China and the war in Ukraine, the paths to prosperity and shared interests have grown murkier.
The group liked online war games. But then Jack Teixeira, an active-duty airman, began showing them classified documents, members say.
Oil prices soared 7 percent on Sunday night after the group’s move to cut 1.2 million barrels a day.
Also, Russia tries to cut off Bakhmut, and countries reach an ocean biodiversity deal.
Readers discuss a guest essay by Christopher Caldwell that blamed the U.S. for an escalation in the war. Also: Mask mandates; the next pandemic; YouTube.
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Also, Russia’s resilient economy and Sri Lanka’s enduring struggle.
Also, Russian missile attacks in Ukraine and a major deal for Indian women’s cricket.
Also, China’s uncertain economic recovery.
Russia is isolated by its invasion of Ukraine and needs China more than ever. But China, facing a Covid crisis, is in no position to risk sanctions.
Also, Ukraine peace talks seem far-off.
Also, Ukraine is fighting to retake a city in the Donbas.
Also, an emerging picture of China’s Covid crisis.
Also, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead Israel again and the week in culture.
In China, Russia and the United Kingdom, unmarked sheets of white paper have become a potent symbol of defiance.
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
Readers discuss a guest essay about recent misdeeds by four billionaires. Also: Pandemic cautions; moderate Republicans; Russian brutality in Ukraine.
Plus Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.”
Plus Myanmar gets closer to Russia and a dire climate report.
When Russia closed its airspace, it upended the decades-long strategy for making Finland a European travel hub to and from the East.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
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Xi Jinping, who is expected to meet with Vladimir Putin, will seek to project confidence as a global statesman at a time of grave challenges at home.
Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.
Plus the decline in American life expectancy and the latest on Typhoon Hinnamnor.
A Russian-born painter, he created a mural of the Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev smooching the East German leader Erich Honecker — and with it a tourist attraction.
Readers debate the party’s strategy of supporting far-right G.O.P. candidates it thinks it can beat. Also: Covid and schools; Ukraine’s students; Kansas and abortion.