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Western Troops in Ukraine Before a Peace Deal Would Be ‘Targets’, Putin Says

The Russian leader made the threat a day after European leaders said they were willing to deploy forces on the ground to secure an agreement to end the war.

© Pool photo by Alexander Kazakov

A photo released by Russian state media showing President Vladimir V. Putin, center, at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok on Friday.
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Russia Distracts Its Citizens From Ukraine War With Nonstop Festivals

A festival known as Summer in Moscow showcases the city’s transformation into an ultramodern metropolis. But the feast can’t last forever.

© Nanna Heitmann for The New York Times

People relaxing at a theater festival as part of the celebrations.
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How Russia Is Distracting Citizens From the War

Moscow is hosting a big summer festival as Russia continues its war in Ukraine. Katrin Bennhold, a senior international reporter for The New York Times, talks with Ivan Nechepurenko, a Times reporter in Russia, about the spectacle and what it says about Russian public opinion more than three and a half years into the war.
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