Any impediment to traffic on the bridge could affect Russia’s ability to wage war in southern Ukraine, where Ukraine’s forces have been fighting an increasingly effective counteroffensive.
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Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Loses Power Again, Officials Say
Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Plant Loses Power Again, Officials Say
Russia Names a New General for the War in Ukraine
The appointment of Gen. Sergei Surovikin, 55, comes as Moscow’s troops face serious setbacks on the battlefield.
Crimea’s Kerch Strait Bridge holds deep strategic, and symbolic, value.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia presided over the bridge’s opening, personally driving a truck across the link between Russia and Crimea — land seized from Ukraine in 2014.
A Distracted Russia Is Losing Its Grip on Its Old Soviet Sphere
Russia’s domination of Central Asia and the Caucasus region is unraveling as the Kremlin focuses on the war in Ukraine — and border violence is flaring.
Haiti Appeals for Armed Intervention and Aid to Quell Chaos
Prime Minister Ariel Henry and his government asked the international community to step in, largely to control gang violence that has ravaged the capital.
Live Updates: Nobel Peace Prize Is Awarded to Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian Activists
The three laureates are Memorial, a rights group in Russia; the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine; and Ales Bialiatski, an activist jailed in Belarus.
Zelensky Heralds Ukrainian Advances Amid Intensified Russian Shelling
The acting mayor of Zaporizhzhia, a major hub for those fleeing fighting in the south, says that Russian shelling has picked up in recent days.
Annie Ernaux Is Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
Ernaux’s writing has spoken particularly to women and to others who, like her, come from a working class seldom depicted with such clarity in literature.
Russia Lashes Out in Ukraine, Raising Question of What’s Next
Facing battlefield setbacks and domestic criticism, the Kremlin has escalated its war, claiming ownership of a nuclear plant and launching more attacks on Ukrainian cities.