For a few weeks, a flurry of meetings between American and Chinese officials seemed to signal that the two countries were trying to reduce tensions, after months of rancor and frozen high-level contacts raised concerns about the risk of a conflict, accidental or otherwise. First the U.S. national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, met with China’s […]
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Russia’s War in Ukraine: Live Updates
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Tuesday.Credit…Tchandrou Nitanga/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, has arrived in Cape Town amid a diplomatic storm over whether South Africa will honor an International Criminal Court arrest warrant for President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia. Mr. Putin is expected […]
Russia Strikes Kyiv, Killing 3 in Another Early Morning Attack
Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, yet again in the early morning hours on Thursday, with air raid sirens warning residents to take shelter and loud booms from the air defense systems heard throughout the city. Kyiv’s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said on the Telegram messaging app that according to preliminary information from emergency medical workers, […]
U.S. Adds Aid to Ukraine to Deliver Ammunition for Drones and Artillery
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced $300 million in military aid for Ukraine, the latest package of weapons and other military equipment that the United States has been sending to Kyiv since the beginning of Russia’s invasion. The package includes additional ammunition for drones and long-range artillery. It also includes additional munitions for Patriot air […]
Russian Officials Accuse West of Tacit Support for Moscow Drone Attack: Live Updates
Tuesday’s drone strike on Moscow further demonstrated the spread of the war in Ukraine to the Russian capital, putting a spotlight on the city’s air defenses and the Kremlin’s attempts to adapt to a new kind of conflict. Since the 1980s, Moscow has been ringed by a complex air defense system known as Amur, which […]
Your Wednesday Briefing – The New York Times
Drone strikes in Moscow A number of attack drones were downed over Moscow yesterday, the first time civilian areas of the Russian capital had been touched directly by the Ukrainian conflict and a signal that a distant war might soon begin to feel somewhat less so for ordinary Russians. Apartment windows were shattered, and there […]
North Korean Rocket Triggers ‘False Alarm’ Evacuation Alert in South Korea
SEOUL — North Korea on Wednesday launched a space vehicle carrying its first military reconnaissance satellite designed to monitor the South Korean and American militaries, South Korean defense officials said, briefly triggering “false alarm” evacuation alerts in South Korea and Japan. The South Korean military indicated hours later that the North Korean launch had been […]
Germany’s Tenuous Coalition Government Shows Strain
BERLIN — Germany’s coalition government was always an awkward trio of center-left Social Democrats, climate-conscious Greens and pro-business Free Democrats. Yet in the heady days after their election victory in 2021, the parties vowed to stick to a tradition of consensus-driven politics, keeping the drama behind closed doors. Those doors have now swung open. In […]
Drones Attack Moscow as Kyiv Is Hit Again: Latest Russia-Ukraine News
KYIV, Ukraine — Russia targeted the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, with yet another wave of attack drones early Tuesday, killing at least one person, setting residential buildings ablaze and extending a day of terror for the city’s residents. For the second night in a row and the 17th this month, explosions in different parts of Kyiv […]
Russia Targets Kyiv With Third Wave of Strikes in 24 Hours, Killing One
Russia unleashed another wave of attacks early Tuesday on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, killing at least one and prompting evacuations, extending a day of terror for the city’s residents that started with midday strikes. Explosions rang out in different parts of Kyiv overnight, according to local and military officials, sparking a fire in a high-rise […]