WASHINGTON — A year ago, the United States did something extraordinary — it released previously classified intelligence that exposed Russia’s plans to invade Ukraine. Last week, Antony J. Blinken, the secretary of state, made a similar move when he warned China’s top foreign policy official, Wang Yi, against providing weapons to Russia. In a previous […]
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Secretive Network Rescues Russia’s Antiwar Dissidents in Nick of Time
In Smolensk, early in the war, one of the two Zavyalov brothers, Vladimir, the owner of a small transportation company, discovered a Telegram channel that distributed miniature antiwar slogans that resembled price displays on grocery store shelves. The normal space for a description such as bananas or washing powder instead said things like, “The Russian […]
Renewed Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict Underlines Russia’s Waning Influence
In late 2020, when President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia brokered the end of a war in the Caucasus between Azerbaijan and Armenia, and placed 2,000 Russian peacekeeping troops between the two sides, it looked like a strategic masterstroke. The deal gave Russia a military presence in one post-Soviet country, Azerbaijan, while deepening the reliance […]
Wagner Group Shapes Russia’s Battle for a City in Ukraine: Live Updates
From left, Charles Michel, the president of the European Council; Jens Stoltenberg, secretary general of NATO; and Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, in Brussels on Tuesday.Credit…Stephanie Lecocq/EPA, via Shutterstock BRUSSELS — NATO and the European Union, in their first joint declaration on security cooperation since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, underscored […]
Russia’s Cease-Fire Appears to Have Little Early Effect: Live Updates
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 […]
India Emerges as Key Global Player Amid Russia’s War in Ukraine
Three decades ago, the razing by a Hindu mob of a 16th-century mosque in the northern Indian city of Ayodhya, which Hindus believe is the birthplace of the god Ram, led to the death of 2,000 people and propelled the rise of Mr. Modi’s party. A temple is now being built there. Mr. Modi, who […]
Russia’s Economy Is Threatened by War and Sanctions
KALUGA, Russia— Valery Volodin, a welder at a sprawling Volkswagen plant in western Russia, relaxed for most of the summer at his dacha, or weekend house, planting his garden and looking after his children. Mr. Volodin, 41, had little choice: The car factory closed down in March, joining more than 1,000 multinational companies that had […]
Exhumed Grave Near Kherson Shows Brutality of Russia’s Occupation: Live Updates
The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on the banks of the Dnipro River in August.Credit…David Guttenfelder for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Following a string of Ukrainian military successes in the south, the Kremlin sought on Monday to tamp down speculation that Russian forces would withdraw from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear complex, with President Vladimir […]
Ukraine Draws Parallels Between Holodomor and Russia’s Strikes
Ukraine’s government was working to restore power to millions on Saturday as the country commemorated the 90th anniversary of the Holodomor, the devastating famine that President Volodymyr Zelensky compared to the wave of Russian strikes targeting critical infrastructure that have left large parts of the country cold and in the dark. The Holodomor, which means […]
Zelensky Visits Kherson After Russia’s Retreat: Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates
Smoke rises near the badly damaged Antonivsky Bridge in Kherson as Russian and Ukrainian troops exchanged artillery fire on Monday.Credit…Lynsey Addario for The New York Times KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian and Russian forces traded fire on Monday from across the broad expanse of the Dnipro River that now divides them after Russia’s retreat from the […]