Tag: War and Armed Conflicts
C.I.A. Director Airs Concern That Putin Might Turn to Nuclear Weapons
WASHINGTON — The director of the C.I.A. said on Thursday that “potential desperation” to extract the semblance of…
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…
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…
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…
Spurred by Putin, Russians Turn on One Another Over the War
Marina Dubrova, an English teacher on the Russian island of Sakhalin in the Pacific, showed an uplifting YouTube…
A Market Mystery: The ‘Wheat Whale’ That Came Out of Nowhere
Still, it’s undeniable that retail investors played a role.Amateur investors, many of whom embraced trading during the pandemic,…
With Russian Forces Gone, Kyiv Starts to Revive
KYIV, Ukraine — On Feb. 25, the day after Russia invaded Ukraine, Kolya Rybytva gathered his grandmother and…
How Facial Recognition Is Being Used in the Ukraine War
In the weeks after Russia invaded Ukraine and images of the devastation wrought there flooded the news, Hoan…
U.S. Says It Secretly Removed Malware Worldwide, Pre-empting Russian Cyberattacks
Another attack occurred on Feb. 24, the day that Russia invaded Ukraine, when hackers knocked Viasat offline. The…
In Ukraine, Traces of Lives Cut Short
KHARKIV, Ukraine — A loaf of bread on a park bench, collecting snow. A puddle of blood nearby.Those…