Tag: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)

A Soviet-Era Air Defense System Arrives in Ukraine From Slovakia

DOBRA, Slovakia — Driving back to his village near the Ukrainian border last Thursday, the mayor had to…

Le Pen Backs NATO-Russia Reconciliation and Reduced French Role in Alliance

PARIS — Rejecting a “herd-like conformity” with the Biden administration, Marine Le Pen, the French far-right candidate for…

Russian Tech Industry Faces ‘Brain Drain’ as Workers Flee

“We don’t have enough quality apartments for highly educated people with high salaries and high standards,” said Aram…

U.S. and Ukrainian Groups Pierce Putin’s Propaganda Bubble

WASHINGTON — Using a mix of high-tech and Cold War tactics, Ukrainian activists and Western institutions have begun…

War in Ukraine Disrupts Education of Millions of Children

KRAKOW, Poland — Across Ukraine, kindergartens have been bombed, elementary schools have been converted into shelters and in…

Gas Prices Force Biden Into an Unlikely Embrace of Fossil Fuels

WASHINGTON — President Biden came into office promising to tackle the planet’s climate crisis. But rising gas prices,…

U.S. Weighs Shift to Support Hague Court as It Investigates Russian Atrocities

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is vigorously debating how much the United States can or should assist an…

China’s Echoes of Russia’s Alternate Reality Intensify Around the World

When Twitter put up a warning message atop a Russian government post denying civilian killings in Bucha, Ukraine,…

Trump and Ukraine: Former Advisers Revisit What Happened

Trump’s ignorance of world affairs would have been a liability under any circumstance. But it put him at…

Israel’s Ukraine Policy Prompts Scrutiny of Russian-Israeli Oligarchs

JERUSALEM — When Avigdor Liberman, Israel’s Soviet-born finance minister, condemned the apparent atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine, this past…

In Mariupol’s Drama Theater, a Cry for ‘Mama!’ That Offered Brief Relief

LVIV, Ukraine — The explosion — deafening, blinding — collapsed the walls around them, and “the moments afterwards…

Russian Blunders in Chernobyl: ‘They Came and Did Whatever They Wanted’

CHERNOBYL, Ukraine — As the staging ground for an assault on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, the Chernobyl…