The capture of Ukrainsk underscored Russia’s steady advances in the Donetsk region. Ukraine is trying to counter with strikes on Russian military infrastructure.
Members of a special evacuation unit of Ukraine’s national police talking with residents of Myrnohrad, in the eastern Donetsk region, this month. Russia has a long-held goal of seizing all of Donetsk.
Among the hundreds of Russians jailed for criticizing the war in Ukraine, the death of Pavel Kushnir in detention has transformed him into an antiwar symbol.
The book, “Ukraine’s Unwinnable War,” calls the former president a “buffoon” and vents anger over Iran, but saves its most vitriolic language for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia.
The man suspected to have planned an attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump leaving the federal courthouse Monday in West Palm Beach, Fla.
An attack on Kyiv early Monday was the eighth on the Ukrainian capital in about two weeks, officials said, adding that most of the incoming Russian drones had been intercepted.
Most Ukrainians still oppose ceding any territory to Russia. But polls and recent remarks by the country’s leaders highlight a palpable shift in the conversation around peace talks.
The U.S. secretary of state pressed China’s top foreign policy official on Beijing’s support for Russia’s efforts to rebuild its military industries during the Ukraine war.
Defying sanctions, Russia has obtained nearly $4 billion in restricted chips since the war began in Ukraine. Many were shipped through a cluster of shell companies in Hong Kong.
A visit by the foreign minister of Ukraine to Guangzhou this week signals Kyiv’s desire to involve Beijing in peace talks that China has thus far largely snubbed.
More than any election in decades, this one will be marked by starkly different approaches to an era of simultaneous confrontations, from China to Russia to the Middle East.
The announcement appeared to be the Russian leader’s latest attempt to raise the stakes in his conflict with the West, coming less than two weeks after his visit to North Korea.
Across Asia and Europe, the event stoked concerns about American stability, both domestically and on crucial foreign policy issues like Washington’s commitment to alliances.
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