One Ukrainian passenger, who escaped injury after stepping out of a carriage for a cigarette, recalled carrying a bloodied woman away from the burning train.
Russian attacks on civilians in Kherson, in southern Ukraine, have forced important aspects of life to go underground, offering a vision of a postapocalyptic future.
The number of deaths, injuries and missing is approaching a grim milestone after nearly four years of fighting.
Mr. Vindman will run for the Democratic nomination to take on Senator Ashley Moody, a Republican. The race is an uphill fight for Democrats, but Mr. Vindman could be a strong fund-raiser.
La llegada de nuevas tecnologías para enfrentar la invasión rusa hacen que los combates sigan, aun en condiciones de frío extremo.
Ukrainian and Russian officials left rare direct talks last weekend in a somewhat optimistic mood. But Russia may be simply stalling for time, analysts said.
Shifts in tactics and technology in Ukraine mean that the pace of fighting is no longer decided by whether tanks can navigate frozen fields.
Tras una cumbre de emergencia, la presidenta de la Comisión Europea declaró que “la firmeza, el acercamiento, la preparación y la unidad” habían sido eficaces al lidiar con Estados Unidos.
Mette Frederiksen, Denmark’s leader, has taken big risks standing up to Mr. Trump. It might just be working — for now.
Officials from Russia, Ukraine and the United States are meeting in the United Arab Emirates for rare three-way negotiations.
Territorial integrity is a core tenet of Europe that is at risk from Russian and American imperialism. Brussels has fought back.
Charles Wayne Zimmerman, who had been fulfilling his dream to sail around the world, appears to be the latest American imprisoned as part of Russia’s “hostage diplomacy.”
If the United States under President Trump starts acting as if it’s Russia, where does that leave President Vladimir V. Putin?
Ukrainian and Russian negotiators have rarely met directly in the past, instead relying on Americans to mediate, and it was unclear how the talks would play out.
The Ukrainian leader’s speech in Davos, Switzerland, was one of his most scathing critiques of his closest allies.
The Kremlin leader said he will discuss the possibility today with Trump administration envoys in Moscow.
Asking for a friend.
Steve Witkoff, President Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law, were expected in Moscow as Mr. Witkoff expressed optimism over a plan to end Russia’s war in Ukraine.
Helping Ukraine defend against Russian aggression should be Europe’s “No. 1 priority,” Mark Rutte, the secretary general of NATO, said in Davos.
Donald Trump is the most un-American president in our history. And in his second term, there is no one to constrain his un-American impulses.
Frente a las presiones de EE. UU. sobre Groenlandia, la Unión Europea se plantea lo que antes era impensable: ¿su alianza de 80 años está condenada?
Ukrainian authorities say that the repeated attacks on energy infrastructure are an attempt to force the country into submission.
With cameras rolling, President Trump met with more than 40 international leaders in his first year back in office.
As President Trump tries to coerce European leaders over Greenland, they are pondering the unthinkable: Is an 80-year-old alliance doomed?
The world’s largest asset manager has been enlisted to help build Ukraine’s recovery plan. Some fear it is part of a Trump administration effort to steer the effort toward American business interests.
Philippe Sands, one of the world’s pre-eminent human rights attorneys, is arguing the case against Myanmar at The Hague.
Current and former commanders, analysts and military bloggers are having a surprisingly open debate about whether drones have made Russia’s longstanding approach to battle obsolete.
Russia has targeted Ukraine’s energy infrastructure in past winters, but this year intensified its attacks as temperatures in Ukraine plunged well below freezing.
A backlash over a rant against Ukrainian officials has raised questions about Eastern Europe’s welcome of Russian dissidents.
The Kremlin has tried for years to freeze Ukraine into submission. This winter, its attacks have been the most devastating ever.
President Trump has left himself plenty of room for maximal intervention. But there are a host of potential wild cards, each with risks for the president.
Durante décadas, un archipiélago ártico llamado Svalbard ha sido un inusual refugio de cooperación internacional. Esos días se terminaron.
Four New York Times reporters pressed Mr. Trump about a range of topics in a nearly two-hour interview. Here is a transcript of their conversation.
Pavel Talankin was a school events coordinator and videographer. When Russia overhauled the curriculum to make students into patriotic soldiers, he kept his camera rolling. The footage became an Oscar-nominated film.
For decades, an Arctic archipelago called Svalbard has served as a rare refuge of international cooperation. Those days are over.
Para el líder ruso, cortejar al presidente Trump para conseguir una resolución favorable en Ucrania, y posiblemente más, es mucho más importante.
The pontiff has increasingly asserted himself in the face of Trump’s aggressive words and deeds.
For the Russian leader, courting President Trump to secure a favorable resolution in Ukraine, and possibly more, is far more important.
A nuclear-capable missile fired into Ukraine near Poland sent a message to Europe days after its leaders agreed to postwar security guarantees, Russian analysts said.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that it had struck western Ukraine with a nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic missile, an ominous warning by President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia as U.S.-led negotiations to end the war have gained steam.
The pontiff used an annual address to ambassadors to the Vatican to condemn countries that prioritized violence over diplomacy to achieve their goals.
The attack was just the second time that Moscow had launched the nuclear-capable intermediate-range ballistic weapon.
If confirmed, the use of the missile would be an ominous threat to Ukraine and its Western allies.
The president told The Times that he felt “strongly” that Russia would not invade Ukraine again.
Ronald S. Lauder, a billionaire friend of Mr. Trump, is among the investors. The move comes as the Trump administration looks for investment opportunities in Ukraine.
Tema tras tema, el presidente Donald Trump dejó claro que él sería el árbitro de cualquier límite a sus autoridades, no el derecho internacional ni los tratados.
On topic after topic, President Trump made clear that he would be the arbiter of any limits to his authorities, not international law or treaties.
The Ukrainian authorities urged residents in the Dnipro region to stock up on water as crews raced to restore service.
President Trump’s efforts to court President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia are rife with contradictions about stability and displays of American power.
Al necesitar el apoyo de Estados Unidos para defenderse de Rusia en Ucrania, los líderes europeos han sido cautos a la hora de criticar al presidente Trump sobre Groenlandia, Irán, Venezuela y otros temas.
Some ask whether the shake-up risks disrupting the agencies’ operations and is political in nature.
Las repercusiones del ataque de EE. UU. a Venezuela se sentirán a lo largo del año, pero hay otras historias importantes. Nuestros reporteros nos cuentan sobre Ucrania, Medio Oriente y China.
Needing U.S. support to fend off Russia in Ukraine, European leaders have been cautious about criticizing President Trump on Greenland, Iran, Venezuela and much else.
Our reporters on the ground tell us what they’re watching in Ukraine, the Middle East and China.
Conforme transcurren los meses sin una solución a la vista para su país, las palabras del presidente se han vuelto algo más sombrías.
The discussions, also attended by top U.S. negotiators and other allies of Ukraine, are intended to make progress on European commitments to postwar security if a cease-fire is reached.
La propuesta fue relatada en su momento ante el Congreso por Fiona Hill, quien dirigió los asuntos rusos y europeos en el Consejo de Seguridad Nacional durante el primer gobierno de Trump.
With Russia still seen as unlikely to stop fighting, the Ukrainian leader’s tone has shifted from upbeat to cautionary.
The exchange offer was recounted at the time in congressional testimony by Fiona Hill, who ran Russian and European affairs on the National Security Council during the first Trump administration.
Ukraine’s president appointed Chrystia Freeland, a former deputy prime minister of Canada, to a role in which she would advise on postwar reconstruction, if peace talks are successful.
Allies? Who needs allies?
Ukraine’s government supports the removal of a dictator while members of Parliament question the wisdom of endorsing military interventions, even against a Russian ally.
The Ukrainian leader is reshuffling his cabinet as a corruption scandal reshapes the political landscape at a pivotal point in peace negotiations.
While Kyiv has reported progress in negotiations, and is accelerating talks in the coming days, major questions remain unresolved about which countries will provide what kind of security for how long.
Tanto Rusia como Ucrania quieren volver a poner en marcha la central de Zaporiyia después de la guerra, y ambas quieren controlar su funcionamiento.
Kyrylo Budanov, who has served as Ukraine’s military intelligence chief, is seen as a potential rival to Mr. Zelensky if elections are held.
The Zaporizhzhia plant, occupied by Russia, would be crucial to powering Ukraine’s postwar recovery.
After a year of Russian advances, the goal for 2026 is simply to survive, said one officer in eastern Ukraine. “It’s hard to make any plans,” he said.
Ukraine’s president should stop pressing for U.S. security guarantees and pursue more effective means of self-protection.
The assessment rebutted a claim that the Russian leader made to President Trump in a phone call this week.
The authorities seized the Fitburg, a cargo ship that was en route from Russia to Israel when it sliced the cable in the Gulf of Finland.
The Kremlin leader kept his speech short, spoke only briefly about the fighting in Ukraine, and did not mention U.S.-mediated talks on ending the war.
As the war grinds on, sophisticated Russian defenses have pushed Ukraine to develop a frightening new weapon: semiautonomous killing machines.
Russian journalists learned that a government office inadvertently made thousands of sensitive complaints viewable online, including accounts of abuse and coercion in the military.
Confidential complaints filed by troops and their families reveal patterns of wrongdoing in the ranks that are hidden from the Russian public.
President Vladimir Putin has claimed that the Russian society can tolerate the high human cost of the war in Ukraine. But we’ve analyzed more than 6,000 official complaints by soldiers and their loved ones that paint a very different picture. Our international correspondent Paul Sonne explains how the documents offer rare insight into a violent military apparatus willing to abuse its own men to keep up the assault in Ukraine.
A Times investigation reveals the inside story of the Trump administration’s chaotic push for a peace deal and its erratic role in the war.
As President Trump sought a peace deal and Vladimir V. Putin sought victory, factions in the White House and Pentagon bled the Ukrainian war effort.
Off the battlefield, each side is trying to influence President Trump’s perception of the military conflict as they look to negotiate a peace settlement in their favor.
Recordamos el año 2025 con algunas de las mejores fotografías de The New York Times.
We look back on 2025 with some of the best New York Times photographs.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
Sanna Marin was celebrated as a pathbreaking feminist when she became Finland’s prime minister at age 34. Two years after leaving office, she’s trying to turn a scandal over a leaked dancing video into a battle cry.
As residents’ electricity prices have increased, nearly one out of five customers of the leading utility company in the state is behind on monthly bills.
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.
La gestión de Biden estará en los libros de historia como un interregno entre dos mandatos de Donald Trump, una pausa en medio de un periodo caótico de cambio, para bien o para mal.
Biden’s disastrous debate performance highlighted age concerns.
In a choice between misfortunes, one is clearly worse.
The president defended his debate performance with exaggerations about polling, his recent appearances and his opponent.
Hundreds of millions of voters are electing a European Parliament this weekend. The outcome will help tip the balance of the continent’s struggle between unity and nationalism.
Across Africa and in parts of Asia, disruption to the supply chain for fertilizer is raising food prices and increasing malnutrition.
His four years as the senior military adviser to two presidents spanned an unusually chaotic period.
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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.
The country is a growing target for foreign espionage, the agency said, amid rising tensions over the war in Ukraine and rivalries between Washington and Beijing.
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.
Reasons include a stronger supply of oil and weaker-than-expected demand, energy experts say. Some people are saving hundreds of dollars on fuel.
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.
Adding to crises like the pandemic, recent stress in the banking system is a new threat to world growth, experts at the organization said.
Also, Russia tries to cut off Bakhmut, and countries reach an ocean biodiversity deal.
Also, China’s attempt to erase “zero Covid” and Nigeria’s contested election.
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.
Also, Adani Enterprises pulls its offering and soldiers die on both sides in Bakhmut.
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, another mass shooting in California and New Zealand’s next leader.
Also, China’s uncertain economic recovery.
The invasion of Ukraine, compounding the effects of the pandemic, has contributed to the ascent of a giant that defies easy alignment. It could be the decisive force in a changing global system.
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.
Ten charts to recap the trends and main events of 2022.
Also, Ukraine peace talks seem far-off.
Also, Ukraine is fighting to retake a city in the Donbas.
¿Se está acabando el mundo tal como lo conocíamos? ¿Lo sabrías, siquiera, antes de que fuera demasiado tarde?
Also, an emerging picture of China’s Covid crisis.
Also, Benjamin Netanyahu is poised to lead Israel again and the week in culture.
A big boost for the military, more aid for Ukraine, a preference for the lobster industry over whales and an overhaul of the Electoral Count Act are among the provisions in the 4,155-page bill lawmakers expect to pass this week.
In 2022, we debated the apocalypse.
The legislation would rescind the coronavirus vaccine mandate in defiance of the Biden administration’s wishes, and increase the defense budget $45 billion over the president’s request.
Plus, Iran abolishes the morality police and Russia vows to defy an oil price cap.
Plus: Kyiv in darkness, South Africa in turmoil and the week in culture.
Plus China cracks down on protests and the U.S. pledges more aid to Ukraine.
Plus Ukraine updates, a U.S.-Iran World Cup preview and a “She Said” interview.
Readers discuss a guest essay about recent misdeeds by four billionaires. Also: Pandemic cautions; moderate Republicans; Russian brutality in Ukraine.
The request comes as lawmakers are beginning to work out the details of a sprawling spending package that must become law before Dec. 16 to avoid a government shutdown.
Plus Russia says it is retreating from Kherson City and markets try to parse China’s “zero Covid.”
When Russia closed its airspace, it upended the decades-long strategy for making Finland a European travel hub to and from the East.
Plus President Biden’s security strategy and Myanmar cracks down on journalists.
Readers respond to the latest Russian attacks in Ukraine. Also: The wonders of math; pandemic spending; Republicans and crime.
Plus funerals for rampage victims in Thailand and a Covid spike in China
“Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis are using asylum seekers as political tools,” a reader writes. Also: President Biden and the pandemic; abortion prosecutors; arms for Ukraine.
The country’s economy has been very hard hit by cascading crises which have disrupted worldwide trade.
Readers discuss new aspects of the workplace during the pandemic. Also: A political balance; Vladimir Putin and Mikhail Gorbachev; student newspapers.
Speaking to “60 Minutes,” the president also declared the Covid-19 pandemic to be “over” in the United States.
El filántropo habló sobre cómo la pandemia y los efectos de la guerra en Ucrania están retrasando el progreso.
The philanthropist on how the pandemic and the effects of the war in Ukraine are setting back progress.
The threat to Europe’s industrial might and living standards is particularly acute as policymakers race to decouple the continent from Russia’s power sources.
Plus India’s growing economy and China’s “zero-Covid” trap.
The request to Congress comes as lawmakers face a Sept. 30 deadline to finish annual funding bills for the fiscal year that begins on Oct. 1.
Soaring needs and wealthy countries’ focus on Ukraine have left aid agencies with too little money to address the world’s other crises, forcing them to cut programs.
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.
Plus Russia prepares for show trials and Taiwan does not rise to China’s provocations.
Plus new details about explosions in Crimea and revelations about the victims of Seoul’s floods.
The departure of a grain-filled vessel from Odesa was hailed as a victory against global hunger. But experts say the crisis is so big that no single advance can reverse it.
Brittney Griner for Viktor Bout?
Russia looks to Africa.
Cuando han transcurrido más de dos años de la peor pandemia en un siglo, los gobiernos intentan sobrellevar la extraña combinación de un crecimiento económico menguante y precios al alza.