Tag: Ukraine
Russians Crowdsource Supplies for Their Army in Ukraine
Natalia Abiyeva is a real-estate agent specializing in rental apartments in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, east of…
Gas Prices Hit New Highs as Summer Driving Season Starts
HOUSTON — With the Russian invasion of Ukraine grinding on, drivers will have to shell out a lot…
U.S. Aims to Constrain China by Shaping Environment Around It, Blinken Says
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken said Thursday that despite Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China remains…
Russian Forces Pummel Key Eastern Ukraine Town
SIEVIERODONETSK, Ukraine — A woman climbed down from the ambulance, wailing, her hands covered in blood. Police medics…
Forced From Kharkiv, Russian Troops Regroup and Dig In
PRUDYANKA, Ukraine — Ukrainian troops sat on a bench under the trees cracking jokes. One hopped on a…
What Is America’s Strategy in Ukraine?
It is tempting to see Ukraine’s stunning successes against Russia’s aggression as a sign that with sufficient American…
In Ukraine, Gruesome Injuries and Not Enough Doctors to Treat Them
Operating with skeleton crews, doctors and nurses race to save limbs, and lives. It’s a grim routine for…
Around Kharkiv, Ukrainians Emerge to Find Lives in Ruin
KHARKIV — Air raid sirens wail daily and the steady rumble of artillery can still be heard in…
Russia Planned a Major Military Overhaul. Ukraine Shows the Result.
Army vehicles were so decrepit that repair crews were stationed roughly every 15 miles. Some officers were so…
Estonia’s Tough Voice on Ukraine Urges No Compromise With Putin
TALLINN, Estonia — Kaja Kallas, now 44, grew up in the Soviet Union, which had annexed her country,…
Pro-Russian Bloggers React to Reported Donets Military Disaster
The destruction wreaked on a Russian battalion as it tried to cross a river in northeastern Ukraine last…
At a German Hideaway, Oligarch Villas Challenge a ‘Silent Contract’
ROTTACH-EGERN, Germany — Nestled among snow-capped mountains an hour’s drive south of Munich, the villages around the Alpine…