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Ukraine Shrugs Off Trump Call to Ditch Zelensky for Energy Strikes

President Trump lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky for striking Russian oil refineries. Mr. Zelensky said he’ll stop — if Russia does too.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a World War II memorial ceremony in Kyiv on Tuesday.
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Some Republicans Reject Trump’s Move to Import Diesel Fuel From Russia

High diesel costs have posed a problem for Republicans in the midterms, but President Trump’s decision did not satisfy some candidates in key Senate races.

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Former Representative Mike Rogers of Michigan, left, and Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska took issue with President Trump’s announcement.
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Rebuking Ukraine Over Oil Strikes, Trump Says It Should ‘Get a New President’

Hours after President Trump said the United States would buy Russian diesel, the Kremlin said there would be no immediate resumption of discussions to end the war.

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President Trump at a campaign rally in Syracuse, N.Y., on Friday. His announcement that the United States would buy Russian diesel was followed by the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
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Ukrainian Drones Close Moscow Airports as Putin Flies Back to Russia

Government planes reported to be carrying the Russian president and his aides home from Turkmenistan were forced to circle or divert to another city.

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A photo released by state media on Friday showing President Vladimir Putin of Russia in Turkmenbashi.
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Trump Says He Will Import Russian Diesel Fuel Amid High Prices

President Trump said Russia had agreed to ship potentially millions of tons of diesel fuel in the coming months. But the amounts would be small relative to global demand.

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Diesel prices at a gas station in the Bronx last month.
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As Putin Wages Shadow War, Europe Looks for a Way to Hit Back

Moscow has used tactics of fear and ambiguity to try to divide NATO and limit support for Ukraine. But how should Europe retaliate? And how hard?

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Gathering evidence at the Leipzig-Halle airport, Germany, in August after an explosive-laden drone was found.
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In Trump’s Russian Oil Deal, Middle East Funds Are the Biggest Owners

A majority of ownership in a proposed multibillion-dollar deal would go to a group of Middle Eastern investors, including some with business ties to U.S. negotiators.

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A Lukoil refinery near Burgas, Bulgaria. Once the sale of the Lukoil international assets is complete, the buyers plan to expand and retrofit different parts of its operations in Bulgaria and Romania.
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Escalating Assaults on Ukrainian Cities Are Taking an Enormous Toll

At least 30 people were killed in a Russian strike on a commuter bus in the country’s east, officials said, a day after an attack on an apartment building far behind the combat zone killed 22.

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A handout photo shows firefighters in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, where a bus was struck by projectiles on Thursday.
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South Korea Recalls Envoy From Ukraine in Dispute Over North Korean POWs

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine revealed last month that two POWs defected to South Korea. South Korea accused him of breaking a confidentiality agreement.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, who said last month that two North Korean soldiers had been transferred to South Korea, angering Seoul.
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‘Absolute Nightmare’: Inside the Russian Warehouses Bombarded by Ukraine

Middle-of-the-night evacuations and fears about death have become the norm for workers at Russian e-commerce companies targeted by Ukraine.

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A warehouse for a Russian e-commerce company near St. Petersburg after it was hit by Ukrainian drones in July.
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Trapped in a Kill Zone, a Ukrainian City Is Beginning to Starve

Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.

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A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.
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Russia Turns to Striking Kyiv’s Bridges, Threatening a Vital Lifeline

The bridges, used by many commuters in the Ukrainian capital, are the latest target in a broad Russian bombing campaign against infrastructure.

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A Russian drone striking a bridge, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday.
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Trump, Putin, Ukraine and an Oil Deal: 5 Takeaways

A proposal to bolster relations with the Kremlin through the purchase of Russian energy assets is striking even for an administration that regularly mixes personal business interests with foreign policy.

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Cars waited to refuel at a Lukoil fuel station amid fuel shortages in August.
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Ukraine Reports First Combat Use of Its Own Ballistic Missile

While the missile fired on Thursday has a limited range, Kyiv is developing a larger weapon that could strike Moscow.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine trumpeted the launch of the country’s first domestically made ballistic missile.
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Russia’s Latest Propaganda? A.I.-Generated War Songs.

Russians are creating and spreading music glorifying the invasion of Ukraine, using platforms built in the United States.

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Russian society is becoming increasingly militaristic since the war in Ukraine began. These soldiers marched in Moscow in a parade in 2023.
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A Front Line at the Border: How Russia Uses Migrants as Weapons Against Europe

The scheme is part of Russia’s larger strategy for sowing discord in the West, if more subtle than other recent operations blamed on the Kremlin.

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A Latvian guard patrols the border with Belarus. Migrants have streamed into Latvia, many through considerable border defenses, cutting gaps in fencing or burrowing under it.
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Russia Is Planning Its Most Powerful Blow Yet to Try to Freeze Ukraine

Ukraine showed European partners what it said were intercepted Russian plans to cut off major cities from power, heat and water this winter.

Overlooking the Dnipro River before the autumn and winter period in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Russia to Sharply Increase War Spending and Cut Social Programs

Both sides are finding it increasingly difficult to finance the conflict in Ukraine. Russia’s 2027 budget envisions more debt, higher taxes and lower social benefits.

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A Russian military recruitment poster in Moscow says “Who, if not you.” Russia intends to spend more than $200 billion on its military in 2027, a sharp increase.
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How Ukraine’s Naval Drones Are Remaking War at Sea

They began as modified motorboats. Now, Ukrainian sea drones act as miniature aircraft carriers, and other countries want in.

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A Magura sea drone at a test site in central Ukraine in June.
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Ukrainian Science Academy, Struck by Drone, Played Key Role in Research

Over 90 percent of Ukraine’s scientific discoveries have been attributed to Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, including advancements in astronomy and military technology.

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A Russian drone strike on the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, Ukraine, killed at least two people on Monday.
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Russian Drone Strikes Ukraine’s Science Academy, Causing Fire in City Center

A Russian jet-powered drone hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences, the source of almost all of the country’s major scientific discoveries.

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Their Sons Are Dying on Battlefields in Ukraine. They Still Back Russia’s War.

The Russian region of North Ossetia has suffered a heavy toll, yet many accept the Kremlin’s line that the fighting must continue until victory is secured.

Oksana Abaeva and her husband, Khetag Zaseyev, at the grave of her son, Albert Abaev, in Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Russian region of North Ossetia.
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