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A crater at the site of an air attack in Zaporizhzhia, on November 20, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP via Getty Images Despite President Trump’s calls for the fighting to stop, Russia ...

Over the past day, from November 30 to December 1, Russian forces lost about 1,060 soldiers on the frontline. The Ukrainian Armed Forces also destroyed one tank, six armored fighting vehicles, ...

Last month, the Trump administration imposed fresh sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling a renewed desire to drive Moscow to the negotiating table in its war ...

The most talked about story in Russia right now is the handful of young street musicians who recently escaped from the country after being targeted for daring to sing protest songs. It began in St.

London — Britain warned Russia on Wednesday that it was ready to deal with any incursions into its territory after the spy ship Yantar was detected on the edge of U.K. waters north of Scotland.

The pressure building on Ukraine is not just diplomatic. While President Donald Trump pushes for a quick resolution, the churning mud of the battlefield has produced only slow and painstaking gains ...

Witkoff to meet Putin in Moscow, Trump says Witkoff advised Moscow on how to pitch, leaked call shows Russian diplomat: there will be no major concessions Trump says progress being made on peace moves ...

Re “Zelensky Will Engage on a U.S. Peace Plan” (news article, Nov. 21): We shouldn’t be surprised that President Trump’s so-called peace plan to end the war in Ukraine is essentially a point-by-point ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that any deal is still some ...

Daniel P. Driscoll, the U.S. Army secretary, used the growing threat from Moscow as a way to sell a quick peace deal unfavorable to Ukraine. By Andrew E. Kramer Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine It was a ...