William J. Burns, the C.I.A. director, traveled to Kyiv last week for secret consolations with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, according to two U.S. officials. Since just before the invasion, Mr. Burns has made periodic visits to Ukraine to meet with intelligence officials and to convey information to Mr. Zelensky. Mr. Burns, whose trip was […]
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Ukraine Asks for More Weapons as U.S. and Allies Meet to Discuss Aid
BRUSSELS — Ukraine is redoubling its pleas for more advanced weapons like tanks and air defense missiles in a pivotal week of diplomacy involving its American and European allies, as they debate how best to help Kyiv’s forces take the battlefield initiative ahead of an expected new Russian offensive. Ukraine’s new push began in earnest […]
Zelensky Will Meet With Biden in Washington and Address Congress, Officials Say
WASHINGTON — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine will meet with President Biden at the White House on Wednesday and later deliver a prime-time address to a joint session of Congress, a daring trip abroad intended to reaffirm American support for his country, White House officials announced late Tuesday night. “Three hundred days ago, Russia launched […]
Meet the ‘Closer’ Who Finds the Right Words When Climate Talks Hit a Wall
When President Donald J. Trump came into office promising to withdraw from the Paris Agreement (which he ultimately did), Ms. Biniaz left the government. She joined Yale Law School as a lecturer and led an unofficial diaspora of officials from the Obama administration who worked to protect the Paris Agreement through the Trump years, reminding […]
Putin Says He Will Meet With Xi and Insists Russia ‘Has Not Lost Anything’
In a characteristically defiant speech, Vladimir Putin appeared to whitewash the toll of the war, which U.S. officials estimate has killed or wounded 80,000 Russian soldiers and tens of thousands of Ukrainians.