A French AMX-10 RC armored reconnaissance vehicle, the kind France plans to send to Ukraine, seen during a training exercise in 2012.Credit…Francois Nascimbeni/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Armored reconnaissance and fighting vehicles that France promised this week to send to Ukraine will not alone change the tide in the war, experts said on Thursday, nor […]
Month: January 2023
Your Friday Briefing – The New York Times
Putin offers a brief cease-fire Vladimir Putin, the Russian leader, ordered a unilateral cease-fire for Russian troops from midday today to the end of tomorrow to observe the Orthodox Christmas, according to the Kremlin. Ukrainian officials dismissed the move as a “banal trick” and a “propaganda gesture,” pointing out that Russia had bombarded civilians on […]
Russia-Ukraine War: Putin Orders Brief Unilateral Cease-Fire; Ukraine Calls It ‘Hypocrisy’
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia called for a cease-fire in Ukraine to celebrate Orthodox Christian Christmas. A senior Ukrainian official dismissed the move as “hypocrisy.”Credit…Tyler Hicks/The New York Times President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia on Thursday ordered his military to implement a 36-hour cease-fire along the front line in Ukraine for Orthodox Christmas, […]
Some find fault with Francis’ homily for Benedict.
VATICAN CITY — The unusual nature of Thursday’s funeral for Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, presided over by his successor, Pope Francis, only heightened curiosity over what course Francis would take to honor Benedict. Would he give his predecessor the simple send-off he had requested, while managing not to offend the church’s conservative wing, which wanted […]
Pope Benedict Is Buried in Vatican After His Funeral: Live Updates
Jan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ET Jan. 5, 2023, 3:10 a.m. ET Crowds of the faithful gathered at the funeral on Thursday.Credit…James Hill for The New York Times When Pope John Paul II died in 2005, after 27 years leading the Catholic church, his funeral drew the heads of state or government from more than […]
Your Thursday Briefing – The New York Times
Russia lays blame with fallen troops Amid anger in Russia over a deadly New Year’s Day strike in Makiivka on Moscow’s forces, official blame has fallen on the targeted soldiers themselves, with the suggestion that their cellphone use enabled Ukrainian forces to home in on their location using intercepted calls. The troops were using the […]
Ukraine Claims Heavy Russian Losses in Waves of Missile Strikes
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine has claimed a string of successful artillery attacks on Russian barracks in the first days of the year, asserting that it hit newly drafted men and other soldiers where they were sleeping or congregating, killing or wounding more than 1,000. The Russian military has confirmed one of the three waves of […]
Some European Nations See Warmest Start to the Year Ever Measured
In the coastal Spanish town of San Sebastián, residents swapped sweaters for T-shirts and headed to the beach for a swim. In Rome, tourists and locals strolled in the sunshine in light sweaters. And in low-lying areas of the Pyrenees, a lack of snowfall forced some French ski resorts to close trails. An unusually warm […]
Russia Says Its Soldiers’ Cellphone Use Led to Deadly Strike: Live Updates
Workers at the site of a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Sunday.Credit…Laura Boushnak for The New York Times They are lumbering and noisy and relatively easy to shoot from the sky. Over the New Year’s weekend, the Ukrainian military said it downed every single one of the 80-odd exploding […]
Your Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times
The costs of Ukraine’s defense Over the New Year’s weekend, Russia sent about 80 exploding drones toward Ukraine. Ukraine’s military downed every one, officials said. But military experts wonder if the successes are sustainable, with some estimating that it costs up to seven times more to down a Russian drone with Ukraine’s missiles than it […]