With New E.U. Loan, Ukraine Avoids Budget Crunch and Can Plan War Effort NYT | Top Stories Constant Méheut 19 December 2025 at 19:12 The loan will cover two-thirds of the country’s financial needs for the next two years. It also bolsters Ukraine’s position in ongoing peace talks. © Tyler Hicks/The New York TimesMembers of Ukraine’s 148th Artillery Brigade at a firing position in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine in October.
Zelensky Appeals to E.U. Leaders for Frozen Russian Funds to Fight War NYT | Top Stories Maria Varenikova 19 December 2025 at 00:35 President Volodymyr Zelensky said in Brussels, where the leaders had gathered, that without the money, his country would have to reduce its drone production significantly. © John Thys/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke during a news conference on Thursday as part of the European Council meeting in Brussels Thursday.
The ‘Useful Idiots’ From America Whom Putin Is Playing Like a Flute NYT | Opinion Thomas L. Friedman 4 December 2025 at 18:05 Having “real estate deal guys” as America’s negotiators on the war in Ukraine is a liability, not an advantage. You want a statesman.
Giving In to Putin Would Give Up More Than Ukraine NYT | Opinion Bret Stephens 3 December 2025 at 08:48 Don’t let Trump sell out its freedom for business deals with Putin.
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