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Today — 10 December 2025Main stream

Ukraine Could Be ‘Ready for Elections,’ Zelensky Says

10 December 2025 at 08:44
The Ukrainian president told reporters that a vote could be held in 60 to 90 days if the country received security protections from the United States.

© Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine speaking at the White House in Washington, D.C., in October.
Yesterday — 9 December 2025Main stream

Another Front in the War in Ukraine: Who Gets to Claim a Famed Artist?

9 December 2025 at 18:44
Looking to shake off Moscow’s cultural influences, Kyiv has been seeking to highlight the Ukrainian roots of Kazimir Malevich, a renowned avant-garde painter.

© Oksana Parafeniuk for The New York Times

A train car dedicated to Kazimir Malevich in Kyiv, Ukraine, in October.

Russian Court Sentences 4 Soldiers to Prison for Killing Texan

9 December 2025 at 06:07
Russell Bonner Bentley III, 64, who was living in the occupied Donbas region of Ukraine, was beaten and tortured to death after he was suspected of being an American saboteur, investigators said.

© Brendan Hoffman

Russell Bonner Bentley III visiting a memorial to victims of Nazi killings, in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2017.

The U.S. Gave Mexico a List of Russian Spies. Mexico Let Them Stay.

9 December 2025 at 00:37
Moscow has ramped up covert operations in Mexico, with spies meeting handlers in its bustling capital and seaside resorts, U.S. officials say.

© Marian Carrasquero for The New York Times

The Russian Embassy in Mexico City is one of Moscow’s largest around the world, according to its Foreign Ministry, although the Kremlin and Mexico have few economic, cultural or military ties.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Trump Criticizes Zelensky as Ukraine Peace Talks Drag On With European Leaders

9 December 2025 at 05:12
Despite pressure from the Trump administration, Mr. Zelensky, after meeting with European leaders who vowed continued support in the war, said Ukraine’s position on territory had not changed.

© Chris J Ratcliffe/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

From left: President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain, President Emmanuel Macron of France and Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany outside 10 Downing Street on Monday.

He Was a Russian Activist in Exile. His Own Wife Accused Him of Spying.

8 December 2025 at 13:01
Poland has charged a little-known Russian opposition figure with espionage and participating in a bomb plot. His friends are perplexed.

© via Danila Buzanov

Igor Rogov in the Polish Parliament building.

Battlefield Picture Worsening for Ukraine as Trump Pushes Peace Plan

Russian forces have advanced on several fronts recently. President Vladimir V. Putin signaled after talks with U.S. officials that he was not budging from demands.

© Tyler Hicks/The New York Times

The 148th Artillery Brigade of the Ukrainian Army in October in the Zaporizhzhia region of eastern Ukraine.

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.

‘Brother Wang,’ Accused of Being Drug Cartel Fixer, Is Arrested in Cuba

24 October 2025 at 02:06
Zhi Dong Zhang, who escaped house arrest in Mexico this summer, is accused of supplying cartels with fentanyl from China, smuggling and money laundering millions under the alias “Brother Wang.”
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