President Trump is expected to press Ukraine to make concessions to end the war. President Volodymyr Zelensky will likely ask what, if anything, Russia is offering in return.
Ruins left after a Russian strike in the town of Druzhkivka, roughly 12 miles from the frontline town of Kostyantynivka, in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in June.
For President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, it is an opportunity not just to end the Ukraine war on his terms, but to split apart the Western security alliance.
Ukrainian firefighters and rescue workers lower the covered body of a person killed in a Russian strike on an apartment building in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, in June.
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said intermediate-range ballistic missiles would be deployed to Belarus, which shares a border with three NATO countries.
The Russian president didn’t directly respond to President Trump’s ultimatum that Moscow halt its offensive by the end of next week or face financial penalties.
A region administration building in Kursk, Russia, in March. Officials in several regions bordering Ukraine have been arrested and accused by prosecutors of embezzling funds meant for border fortifications.
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