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Today — 14 December 2025Main stream

Ivan Urgant Was Russia’s Late-Night King Until Putin’s War in Ukraine

13 December 2025 at 18:04
Ivan Urgant was an unstoppable Russian megastar. Then he expressed opposition to President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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The Russian entertainer Ivan Urgant, right, hosting “Evening Urgant,” which went dark in 2022, after he made an antiwar post on social media.
Yesterday — 13 December 2025Main stream

Russia Bombs Ukraine Port of Odesa Amid Peace Talks

13 December 2025 at 21:34
Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.

© Nina Liashonok/Reuters

Firefighters at the site of a Russian strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on Saturday.

North Korean Soldiers Return From Russia’s War With Ukraine

13 December 2025 at 14:53
Kim Jong-un hugged the returning troops and awarded the country’s highest medal to nine soldiers killed in action.

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Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, hugs a soldier in Pyongyang during a ceremony welcoming troops home from a deployment in Russia’s Kursk region, in a photograph released by state media.
Before yesterdayMain stream

A Seized Oil Tanker Off Venezuela and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling

The U.S. seizure of a vessel off Venezuela is likely to squeeze the country’s government, but do little to counter the tankers that secretively move oil from sanctioned countries.

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Oil tankers anchored at a refinery in Punto Fijo, Venezuela, in 2022. The country relies heavily on a so-called dark fleet to export its oil.

Russia Sues Holder of Frozen Assets Europe Wants for Ukraine Loan

12 December 2025 at 22:01
The lawsuit was a warning to European officials who are racing to agree to a plan to use Russian government assets in Europe to lend money to Ukraine.

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The headquarters of the Euroclear depository in Brussels. Russia’s Central Bank said it had filed a lawsuit in Moscow against the depository.

How Power Cuts Are Affecting Ukrainians

Russia has been targeting energy infrastructure in Ukraine, leaving multiple cities without electricity. Kim Barker, who’s been covering the war, gives us a glimpse into the daily life of Ukrainians living with power cuts.

How Ukraine Has Responded to Trump’s Peace Plan and Russia’s Demands for Territory

A Ukrainian peace plan, sent this week to Washington, pushes back against President Trump’s proposal that Ukraine give up more land for peace, although Russia is unlikely to accept it.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Ukrainian peace proposal now being discussed consisted of three documents, one of which lays out plans for rebuilding the country.

Zelensky Says Revised U.S. Plan Still Calls for Ukraine to Leave Donbas

12 December 2025 at 04:05
The Ukrainian leader rejected the demand, making clear that territorial issues remain unresolved as Ukraine and Europe sent a counterproposal to the United States.

© Mauricio Lima for The New York Times

After a Russian missile attack in Ternopil, western Ukraine, last month.

The Challenges to Europe’s Security Go Beyond Trump’s Lack of Support

10 December 2025 at 18:03
Europeans find themselves stranded between hostile powers, Russia and the United States, with key decisions looming over the future of Ukraine.

© Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times

A convoy of German armored vehicles passed through Frankenberg, Germany, en route to Poland in 2024 for NATO military exercises.

Macron Urges Xi to Help End War in Ukraine

4 December 2025 at 18:03
As President Emmanuel Macron of France visited China, its leader, Xi Jinping, said his country would play a constructive role in ending the fighting.
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