A particularly fearsome unit of Moscow’s invading army arrived in the Kyiv suburb in mid-March. The soldiers’ reputation preceded them.
But a diplomatic resolution to the war still looks remote, amid searing questions about what would constitute a “victory” for Kyiv.
Plundering our attention and poisoning us with lies.
Patriarch Kirill I has provided spiritual cover for the invasion of Ukraine, reaping vast resources for his church in return. Now, in an extraordinary step, the E.U. is threatening him with sanctions.
The 650-mile-long Seversky Donets River originates in Russia and meanders southeast through the Donbas region before re-entering Russian territory.
The war has evolved into something of a stalemate that has seriously depleted Russia’s conventional war capabilities, even as it has made some gains.
Moscow will cut natural gas supplies to its Nordic neighbor this weekend.
Arconic runs a huge Russian metal plant, bought in an era of cooperation between the U.S. and Russia. Now it is struggling, after years of increasing Russian military aggression.
The top Senate Republican traveled to Europe in a bid to show that isolationism hasn’t taken over his party. He has privately lobbied his colleagues to vote that way, and so far, most are.
Moscow may label the Azov fighters who defended the Mariupol steel plant as terrorists — raising the prospect of a high-profile trial. The Kremlin has a long tradition of using the courts for political goals.
In an unprecedented move, the ATP and WTA will strip the Grand Slam tournament of ranking points, effectively making it an exhibition event. Most top players are still expected to participate.
Outside of Kharkiv, Russian forces are entrenching themselves for the long haul. “There is a whole underground city there,” a Ukrainian officer said.
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Hungary’s thirst for Russian oil.
The singer made the comments less than three months after Russia enacted a law that would punish spreading “false information” about its invasion.
The territory occupied by Russian forces so far in the three-month-old invasion deserves “a worthy place in our Russian family,” a Kremlin official who toured the region said.
Russia can export, but it can’t buy what it needs.
Speedy approval seems likely among most members of the alliance in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but Turkey’s objections remain a sticking point.
As the toll of the wounded mounts, the need for more doctors and nurses becomes even more acute.
The richest man in Ukraine has committed to building back his country. But he is also constructing a luxury ship that would rival a yacht that the U.S. government believes may belong to Vladimir Putin.
The activists are pitching sanctions on midlevel officials as a cost-free way for the United States to further isolate the Russian president.
How Ukrainians in a city 25 miles from the Russian border have forged a new wartime culture.
The official, Marat Khusnullin, Russia’s deputy prime minister for infrastructure, outlined plans to take control of vital infrastructure.
Readers discuss a Ross Douthat column that views Roe as an inflection point in our divisions. Also: A threat to democracy; diplomacy in Ukraine; don’t name gunmen.
The former German leader, a personal friend of President Vladimir V. Putin and lobbyist for Russian energy companies, has refused to distance himself from Russia.
Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin says he was ordered to shoot at 62-year-old Oleksandr Shelipov because he and his fellow soldiers believed that he was informing the Ukrainian military about their location.
Prime Minister Viktor Orban has resisted a proposed E.U. embargo of Russian oil, saying it would devastate his country’s economy, but it would also cut off a source of funds for his political allies.
The measure’s relatively smooth path through Congress has reflected a broad consensus on Capitol Hill, for now, to devote massive sums to supporting Ukraine’s war effort.
The campaign detailed by a cybersecurity firm highlights Beijing’s increasingly sophisticated tactics to spy on an array of targets, including countries it considers friends.
The billionaire railed against E.S.G. after Tesla was dropped from a popular index.
The government has brought stability for now through extreme measures, but forecasters are expecting continued severe inflation and a deep downturn.
If Vladimir Putin prevails in Ukraine, fascists around the world will take comfort.
Many soldiers who surrendered from Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant belong to the Azov battalion, a group with far-right roots, and the Kremlin may now put them on trial just as Ukraine is prosecuting Russians for war crimes.
Leaders of Turkey and Hungary are slowing the Western response to Russia.
Top economic officials are gathering this week to discuss how to keep pressure on Vladimir V. Putin without sinking their economies.
Sanctions have grounded Russia’s ambitious plans to build its liquefied natural gas capacity. Analysts say it’s a sign of problems ahead.
La solicitud de Suecia y Finlandia para formar parte de la alianza atlántica, tras décadas de neutralidad, es una clara declaración de que la invasión rusa de Ucrania ha puesto fin a una era de ilusiones europeas respecto a Moscú.
The government’s order for hundreds of remaining fighters to stand down offers Russia a propaganda victory, but prospects for a prisoner swap seem unclear at best.
Experts who track the hackers’ actions said the group had recently begun to shift its focus to countries in Central and South America, perhaps as retaliation against nations that have supported Ukraine.
The Treasury Department is expected to let a sanctions carve-out lapse next week, raising the prospect of a Russian default.
The impasse is mainly driven by Russia’s insistence on controlling large areas of Ukrainian territory. But Ukraine is also emboldened by successes on the battlefield and angry over Russian atrocities.
It was a rare moment in a country where broadcasters generally follow the Kremlin’s talking points about the war.
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Russia appeared to shrink its already narrowed goals to take the Donbas region, as NATO and its two newest applicants, Sweden and Finland, practiced war games near Russia’s border.
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Russia wanted to build a leaner, more flexible fighting force and eliminate waste, bureaucracy and corruption. But entrenched, Soviet-era practices endure.
Kaja Kallas, the prime minister, remembers the repression of life under Soviet rule and sees the same brutality in occupied Ukraine, which she believes is fighting for all of Europe.
An update on the second phase of the war in Ukraine.
“This is a complicated issue that’s without precedent and with profound consequences,” said Chris Kempczinski, the chief executive of McDonald’s.
The French company will sell its stake in Russia’s largest automaker for one ruble, with the option of returning within six years.
El sistema de corrupción que moldea el régimen de Putin fue resultado de una transición fallida e incompleta a la democracia después de la caída de la Unión Soviética.
Sweden’s and Finland’s embrace of NATO after decades of neutrality is a clear statement that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ended an era of European illusions about Moscow.
In another setback for Moscow, top officials from alliance nations met over the weekend in Berlin to discuss admitting Finland and Sweden and supporting Ukraine.
As the news of the losses at the river crossing started to spread, some Russian bloggers did not hold back in their criticism of what they said was incompetent leadership.
The self-declared republic of Transnistria, on the Ukraine border, has been steered by Moscow for decades. During a rare visit, a reporter and photographer get an inside look into how it operates, and hear from Transnistrians their fears of war.
Turkey has had a ship waiting for weeks in Istanbul to evacuate those remaining in the Azovstal steel plant, but Ukraine and Russia have not agreed to a plan, a Turkish official said.
Is there a third option looming for the next six months of war in Ukraine?
With Finland and Sweden likely to request NATO membership, and Ukraine counterattacking in the east, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is facing more setbacks.
Tegernsee, a luxury getaway in Bavaria, is known for quietly hosting the superrich. But war in Ukraine has divided locals about whether the authorities should go after the assets of their wealthy Russian neighbors.
En algunos pueblos ubicados a lo largo del frente de batalla, los soldados ucranianos y rusos se enfrentan a corta distancia, a veces a la vista del adversario.
The Russian leader was challenged by the prospect of an enlarged NATO, plans to get Ukrainian grain exports past a Kremlin blockade, and sanctions on his purported mistress.
A medida que los países occidentales van imponiendo sanciones a personas cercanas al líder ruso, entre ellas sus familiares, se va fracturando el estricto secreto que rodea su vida privada.
Sanctions are lifting the veil of secrecy surrounding the Russian leader’s family.
An itinerant musician, he leaked secret files to F.B.I. investigators looking at the bank’s ties to money laundering, the Trump Organization and Russia.
As Western nations place sanctions on people close to the Russian leader, including family members, the strict secrecy surrounding his private life is being punctured.
For a brief period in the early 20th century, Ukrainian composers put a national twist on modernism, free from Russian or Soviet regulation.
Ms. Griner, one of the most decorated athletes in women’s basketball, has been held in custody in Russia since mid-February.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine created new fears, and the Swedes, dragged along by Finland, are expected to apply, reluctantly, to join the alliance and its collective defense.
Una campaña para conseguir donaciones y armas está reuniendo millones de dólares, así como una gran cantidad de armas más pequeñas y otros equipos militares que son usados por el ejército ucraniano.
The traffic was robust in March and April, reflecting the time it takes for sanctions to come into effect and an enduring profit motive for trading Russian energy.
Mr. Paul had sought to alter the bill to include requiring that an inspector general monitor the spending.
Ukraine has been considered too full of corruption and too devoid of democratic institutions to make membership likely for years, if not decades, to come.
Neutral Finland’s leaders unequivocally said they intended to seek membership in the alliance, with Sweden expected to do the same, inviting new threats from Moscow.
To the fabulist go the spoils?
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Siemens said its second-quarter earnings took a $625 million hit because of Western sanctions on Russia.
The cash was part of a fund-raising blitz that helped propel Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s party to victory in 2019. Records track $630,225 to a Russian bank account.
A 21-year-old Russian soldier is accused of following orders to shoot an unarmed cyclist four days into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
La guerra no tiene límites claros que indiquen dónde termina el conflicto y dónde se reanuda la vida normal.
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Out of a halting attempt at democratization grew a corrupt ecosystem that has proved very difficult for the Russian elite to resist.
Bulgaria has imposed economic sanctions on Russia, offered to repair broken military equipment for Ukraine and expelled Russian diplomats.
The war was dangerous enough before the West’s shift to a more expansive strategy.
Our perpetual pessimism can be turned into the source of our renewal.
The February attack rattled Pentagon officials and private industry because it revealed new vulnerabilities in global communications systems.
Despite many stumbles and setbacks, the Russian military has gained near total control of the Donbas region, giving the Kremlin huge leverage in any future talks.
Tras más de una década de activismo, Maria Alyokhina se disfrazó de repartidora de comida para eludir a la policía y la creciente represión del Kremlin.
The operator of Ukraine’s natural gas grid said Russian troops were endangering the pipeline system’s “stability and safety.”
After more than a decade of activism, Maria Alyokhina disguised herself as a food courier to evade the police — and a widening crackdown by President Vladimir Putin.
In a new book, the political theorist offers a stout defense of liberalism against threats from left and right — and predicts that Ukraine will revive “the spirit of 1989.”
The assessment, by Avril D. Haines, suggested that even if Russia makes big gains in eastern Ukraine, it wouldn’t end the war.
Our reporters answer readers’ questions about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Many of you asked about schools and hospitals.
The commemoration of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II has been skewed for political purposes.
While it is in Europe’s interest to weaken Moscow, the chief of staff of France’s military says, Russia may someday need to play a part in a global security plan.
A campaign to crowdfund donations and weapons is producing millions of dollars as well as a bounty of smaller weapons and other military equipment for the Ukrainian military.
The Times journalist Cora Engelbrecht recently spent Passover in Poland with Ukrainian refugees. In an essay, she reflects on her own family’s escape from Ukraine before World War II.
War has no clean edges where normal life resumes.
The lack of warplanes at Russia’s Victory Day parade underscores President Vladimir V. Putin’s failure to build a capable modern air force.
President Biden signed the Lend-Lease Act, which will waive time-consuming requirements on the provision of arms to Ukraine.
Vladimir Putin tries to channel Russia’s World War II pride into support for the invasion of Ukraine.
President Biden signed the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act, which would speed up shipments considered critical for Ukraine’s forces to repel Russian invaders.
Algunos analistas habían previsto que el presidente de Rusia anunciaría una intensificación de la guerra. Pero su mensaje, dirigido a los rusos de a pie, tuvo un tono moderado.
A Russian, he was one of the world’s best players during the Cold War of the 1950s, joining other top competitors as the pride of the Soviet Union.
President Vladimir V. Putin used his speech on Russia’s most important secular holiday to rally support for the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian president, in a much-anticipated speech on his country’s most important holiday, did not proclaim an escalation of the fight in Ukraine.
Los funcionarios esperaban que la guerra detuviera hasta un 15 por ciento de las exportaciones de fertilizantes rusos. Pero Brasil y otros países han encontrado la manera de continuar con las compras.
The financial markets are coming to grips with the Federal Reserve’s policy change, as geopolitical factors complicate the outlook for the global economy.
It’s Victory Day in Russia — a holiday honoring World War II that has long been important to Vladimir Putin.
CNN’s chief international correspondent talks about covering the Russia-Ukraine war.
Elvira Nabiullina got another five-year term as head of Russia’s central bank after quelling the initial market panic over the invasion of Ukraine.
The war in Ukraine was marked by posturing and signaling, with each side ramping up its rhetoric as the battle ground on.
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Officials expected the war to trap up to 15 percent of the world’s fertilizer exports in Russia. But Brazil and other countries have found a way to get it.
Under President Vladimir V. Putin, Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, has come to celebrate modern Russian military might. The war in Ukraine is shifting its meaning further.
Initial reports suggested that as many as 60 people were trapped inside the building, which officials said was being used as a shelter for civilians.
It could take years for Russian assets seized by the United States to be permanently confiscated and sold to benefit the Ukrainian people. The Biden administration wants to speed up the process.
Advances by Ukrainian forces in the northeast appeared to have forced Russians to move back toward the border, blowing up bridges behind them and contradicting the Kremlin narrative.
The first lady visited a school in Romania’s capital that has taken in Ukrainian students displaced amid Russia’s invasion.
On Monday, Vladimir Putin will mark Russia’s Victory Day by extolling the virtues of force. France’s leader, Emmanuel Macron, will honor a very different anniversary.
Le rogué a mi esposo que se fuera de Rostov del Don. Ahora daría lo que fuera por estar allá con él.
Besides their military failures, the Russians entered the war believing they could persuade Ukrainians in the east to join their side. Those efforts have failed spectacularly.
A consortium led by Todd Boehly, a part-owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, will pay $3.1 billion for the soccer club, the highest price ever paid for a sports team.
Italian police boarded the yacht, the Scheherazade, late on Friday, ending what appeared to be preparations to set sail.
Leaks by U.S. officials suggest we are no longer in an indirect war with Russia but rather edging toward a direct one.
Ukrainian forces are seeking to drive back Russian invaders from two key cities in northeast Ukraine and achieve a breakthrough in what has become a grinding battle.
The advances by the Ukrainian army in the north have been modest, but they are emblematic of both sides’ strategy: maneuvering artillery to gain territory.
On this battlefield, lies are ammunition in Putin’s long and increasingly personal struggle to stay in power.
The help that sank the Moskva, the most significant loss by any navy in 40 years, is part of an administration effort providing real-time battlefield intelligence to Ukraine.
The fighting has intensified ahead of Russia’s May 9 Victory Day holiday commemorating the Soviet Union’s triumph over Nazi Germany.
Fully conquering Mariupol would let President Vladimir Putin claim a major victory before a military celebration on Monday.
Moscow wants victories before its Monday holiday.
During the renovation of a former Catholic church, a mural by the Polish painter Jan Henryk de Rosen was uncovered.
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A victory in the predominantly Russian-speaking city could give a veneer of credibility to the Russian leader’s false claims of ridding Ukraine of “Nazis.”
OPEC Plus announced plans to increase output even as its member nations are bumping up against their ability to pump more.
Climate concerns, investor reticence and political disputes complicate a shift to supplies from the United States, North Africa and the Mediterranean.
Esto es lo que pasa cuando alguien escucha sirenas antiaéreas durante 300 horas.
Many Russians who are designated “foreign agents” by the government view it as another form of repression that makes living in the country, or returning to it, untenable.
Ante la escasez y el alza de precios en todo el mundo, las cadenas de supermercado han empezado a pedir a los compradores que limiten su consumo de aceite de cocina.