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As Russia Again Draws Near, a Frontline City Fears Obliteration This Time

11 septembre 2026 à 05:00
The Ukrainian city of Izium still bears the scars of Russian occupation from four years ago. As Moscow’s forces approach, residents are bracing for the worst.

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Why Emerging Powers Keep Joining BRICS, Even When They Disagree

11 septembre 2026 à 01:12
Leaders of China, Russia, India and other BRICS club nations meet in New Delhi this weekend, but wars and soaring energy prices threaten to undermine unity.

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The last BRICS summit was in Rio de Janeiro last year. It brings together countries seeking to reduce the world’s dependence on the West.

Moscow Claims Ukraine Planned to Start a War Between Russia and the U.K.

10 septembre 2026 à 14:47
Britain warned that Russia uses disinformation to divide Ukraine from its international partners.

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A car belonging to the British ambassador drives out of Britain’s embassy in Moscow in 2024.

Russian Drone Incursion Delayed Zelensky Flight to Oslo, Moldova Says

10 septembre 2026 à 08:35
An airspace closure delayed the Ukrainian leader’s trip between Moldova and Norway, officials said. They did not confirm a claim by Norway’s prime minister that a drone had “almost hit” the plane.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, second from left, at the funeral of King Harald V of Norway in Oslo on Wednesday. His plane’s departure from Moldova on Tuesday was delayed by a Russian drone near Chisinau, officials said.

With Messaging That Mirrors Putin’s, Germany’s Far-Right Party Gains Ground

10 septembre 2026 à 05:44
Embracing positions extolled by the Kremlin, the Alternative for Germany party may govern for the first time in a German state.

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Ulrich Siegmund, left, the lead Alternative for Germany candidate in the Saxony-Anhalt state election, with the party’s co-leaders, Tino Chrupalla and Alice Weidel, in Magdeburg, Germany, on Sunday.

Ukraine’s Unexpected $27 Billion Budget Gap Rattles Europe

9 septembre 2026 à 05:05
An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed military forces and European leaders during Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kyiv last month.

Ukraine’s Unexpected $27 Billion Budget Gap Rattles Europe

9 septembre 2026 à 05:05
An unexpected request from President Volodymyr Zelensky offered a stark reminder that the cost of the war will rise, challenging Europe.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed military forces and European leaders during Ukraine’s Independence Day in Kyiv last month.

Hungary Expels 10 Russian Diplomats, Signaling a Shift

8 septembre 2026 à 12:00
The housecleaning puts the new government more in line with how European allies relate to Moscow, tempering cozy ties developed under Viktor Orban’s administration.

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Hungary’s foreign minister, Anita Orban, in May. She accused the expelled Russians of having acted in ways unacceptable under a convention that bars diplomatic interference.

Russia Bombards Kyiv Soon After Witkoff, Kushner Leave

8 septembre 2026 à 05:05
Russia agreed not to bomb Ukraine’s capital during Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner’s visit there. The respite was short-lived.

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Firefighters at the site of a Russian missile attack, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Tuesday. By early Tuesday morning, waves of Russian ballistic and cruise missiles were once again headed toward Kyiv.

They Went to Ukraine on the ‘Peace Express.’ Detours Are Likely Ahead.

7 septembre 2026 à 06:41
The Trump administration had let the peace process enter such a freeze that a trip to Kyiv was just an initial step. Any new talks will happen alongside escalating fighting.

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The U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff, center, and Jared Kushner, right, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday. Mr. Kushner said “new ideas” were presented to President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in a series of discussions on Sunday.

U.S. Envoys Witkoff and Kushner Arrive in Kyiv After Talks With Putin

6 septembre 2026 à 15:30
Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner met on Sunday with Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, a day after talks with Vladimir V. Putin in Moscow.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, left, with the U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on Sunday in Kyiv.

What Secret Audits Tell Us About How Ukraine’s Military Is Spending Its Money

6 septembre 2026 à 05:02
The documents amount to an autopsy of the weapons-contracting process.

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Ukrainian soldiers from the 14th Mechanized Brigade firing a Grad multiple rocket launcher toward a Russian position near Kupiansk, Ukraine, in 2023.

In Ukraine, Fraud and Waste Are Rewarded With More Weapons Contracts

6 septembre 2026 à 05:00
Secret military audits reveal a military procurement system riddled with mismanagement. In 2024 alone, Ukraine lost $1.2 billion to fraud and waste.

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Ukrainian soldiers firing a mortar toward Russian positions on the outskirts of Kupiansk, Ukraine, last year.

Here Is Where Ukraine Peace Talks Stand, as a New Round Approaches

6 septembre 2026 à 07:04
A deadly campaign of Russian and Ukrainian airstrikes has escalated since the last U.S.-brokered negotiations stalled in February.

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A Russian drone on the road in Kostiantynivka, Ukraine, after being shot down in January by a Ukrainian police officer with a rifle.

Putin Meets Witkoff and Kushner in Moscow to Discuss Ukraine War

5 septembre 2026 à 22:49
President Vladimir V. Putin ordered a pause in strikes on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, ahead of the meeting with President Trump’s envoys: his son-in-law Jared Kushner and the businessman Steve Witkoff.

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In a photo that Russia’s presidential envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, shared on social media, Jared Kushner, center, and Steve Witkoff, left, were greeted by Mr. Dmitriev after arriving in Moscow on Saturday.

Putin Denies a Draft Is Coming, but Some Russian Men Are Taking No Chances

5 septembre 2026 à 08:35
As the fear of a possible mobilization becomes a fixture of daily life across Russia, many men are deciding whether to flee, hide or sit tight.

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Russian soldiers during military drills in Minsk, Belarus, last year.

Kushner and Witkoff to Go to Russia and Ukraine to Revive Peace Talks

4 septembre 2026 à 17:51
Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff’s trip to meet with the countries’ presidents comes at a precarious moment in the Ukraine conflict.

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Jared Kushner, left, with Steve Witkoff will be in Moscow and Kyiv this weekend for further talks on a peace agreement.

Russian Drone Strikes Office of Ukraine’s Intelligence Chief

4 septembre 2026 à 10:48
The attack came as the American envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner were said to be planning imminent visits to Kyiv and to Moscow.

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The headquarters of Ukraine’s security service in Kyiv after a Russian drone strike on Friday. The building is just across the street from the landmark St. Sophia Cathedral.

The Risk of Russian Sabotage in Europe: A Fight That Spirals Out of Control

4 septembre 2026 à 05:03
Europe’s options are limited in responding to an unnerving series of plots and provocations. But the odds of unpredictable consequences are rising.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has long viewed his country as being in conflict with the West, but he has denied Russia’s involvement in European sabotage.

After Fighting Russia Fiercely, He Wants to Forge Ukraine’s Path to Peace

4 septembre 2026 à 05:03
Kyrylo Budanov, a decorated soldier and former military spy chief, advocates a negotiated settlement. Talks are expected to resume this month.

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Kyrylo Budanov, chief of staff to President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his office in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday.

Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv

3 septembre 2026 à 10:41
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.

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A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.

Rival Ukrainian Intelligence Units Open Fire Against Each Other in Kyiv

3 septembre 2026 à 10:41
President Volodymyr Zelensky described the shootout on the streets of the Ukrainian capital as an “absolutely shameful event” and ordered an investigation.

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A shootout occurred early on Wednesday between two of Ukraine’s rival intelligence services, exposing simmering tensions between the agencies.

For Russia and Ukraine, an Escalating Spiral With No End in Sight

3 septembre 2026 à 05:08
Each side is using missiles and drones to try to pound the other into giving up, breeding ceaseless human suffering. But there is no sign that either country’s determination will weaken.

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After an attack on Kyiv, Ukraine, late last month.

The New Jet-Powered Drones That Are Breeding Anxiety in Ukraine

3 septembre 2026 à 06:44
These Russian drones are more destructive, faster and harder to shoot down than the propeller-driven models that Moscow has used throughout the war.

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Police officers inspecting parts of a Russian drone at the site of an apartment building damaged by a strike in Kyiv this week.

Attacks in Black Sea Threaten to Strangle Global Grain Supply

2 septembre 2026 à 05:05
Strikes on ports and vessels by both Russia and Ukraine have left farmers facing ruin and could cause another worldwide food shock.

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A field in Ukraine’s southern region of Mykolvaiv in August. Despite a strong growing season, attacks on Black Sea shipping routes have choked off exports.

Putin Pledges Increased Strikes in Ukraine and Support for Iran

1 septembre 2026 à 21:53
The Russian president promised continued retaliation against the Ukrainians and “full solidarity” with Iran.

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Pedestrians walking past a mural of Iran’s slain supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in downtown Tehran on Monday.

For These Children, Getting a Safe Education Means Going Underground

2 septembre 2026 à 10:50
In a frontline Ukrainian city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

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The first day of school at Sichovy Collegium in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The school operates from an underground space, built to allow children to continue learning safely amid the war.

Weeks After Failed Drone Attack, Germany Points Finger at Russia

1 septembre 2026 à 19:38
The country said Moscow was behind an explosive-laden drone found near a Ukrainian plane at a German airport last month. President Vladimir Putin of Russia called the accusation “a grave mistake.”

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A Ukrainian cargo plane sat at the Leipzig/Halle Airport in eastern Germany the day after an explosive-laden drone was found near it.

Ukrainian Drone Mastermind, Fired by Kyiv, Will Advise Italy’s Defense Chief

31 août 2026 à 14:16
The appointment of Mykhailo Fedorov, a Ukrainian former defense minister, showed how other militaries are racing to adapt to battlefield changes accelerated by the war in Ukraine.

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Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s former defense minister, speaking in Ukraine in July.

Summit With Russia, India and Iran Shows Leverage Wars Have Given Xi of China

31 août 2026 à 16:11
A two-day conference of the 10-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Kyrgyzstan shows the limits of U.S. economic warfare.

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Xi Jinping, the Chinese leader, center, and the Kyrgyz president, Sadyr Japarov, left, during a welcoming ceremony in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Monday.

Nonstop Russian Drones Make for Dangerous New Phase of War in Kyiv

31 août 2026 à 06:14
The nearly constant air raids, a shift from years of largely overnight attacks, have left residents exhausted and on edge.

37 Killed After Russian Strike on Weapons Depot as Ukraine Blames Negligence

The depot, which was in a civilian area near Kyiv, “definitely shouldn’t have been there,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Oleh Biliuk and his 2-year-old son, Yarema, watched smoke rise from a burning ammunition warehouse near their home in Myla, Kyiv Oblast, on Saturday.

Why Putin Is Fighting On, Even as His Problems Multiply

28 août 2026 à 17:22
There is little sign that public exhaustion, economic headwinds or increased Ukrainian strikes are changing the Russian leader’s view that he will eventually achieve victory.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has suggested that despite Moscow’s challenges, he believes Kyiv’s situation is worse.

C.I.A. Chief Delivered Bleak Assessment of Russia’s War in Secretive Moscow Visit

27 août 2026 à 15:43
John Ratcliffe’s meeting this week with a Russian intelligence chief was aimed at pushing the Kremlin to pursue a peace deal with Ukraine.

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John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, delivered an urgent message to Aleksandr V. Bortnikov, the head of Russia’s F.S.B. intelligence service this week in a secret visit to Moscow.

Where Drones Cannot See, the Ukraine War Is a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse

27 août 2026 à 05:54
Russian troops are trying to infiltrate the vast, overgrown reservoir basin of a dam they blew up three years ago as Ukrainian soldiers hunt them at close quarters.

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Ukrainian soldiers of the Bratstvo Battalion unloading their equipment after making their way out of the Kahkovka reservoir basin, completing their weeks-long mission, in July.

Ukraine’s Most Potent Weapon: The Software Orchestrating Its Drone Army

26 août 2026 à 11:38
The Delta system pulls together battlefield data to identify targets, creating a miles-wide “kill zone.” The technology is credited with helping to cut Russian advances to a near standstill.

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Officers from Ukraine’s First Separate Assault Regiment looking at live battlefield footage from drones, displayed through the Delta system, at a command bunker in eastern Ukraine in 2025.

What Happened to the Coveted Western Tanks Sent to Ukraine?

25 août 2026 à 05:01
Ukraine pleaded for the expensive weapons, and ultimately got them, but drones have rendered them almost unusable.

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Soldiers replacing the engine of a Leopard tank at a repair and storage facility in the Kharkiv region last month.

A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

24 août 2026 à 10:24
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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UK Prime Minister Burnham Arrives in Ukraine as Russia Amps Up Warnings

24 août 2026 à 13:47
In his first foreign trip since taking office, the British prime minister pledged to stand by Kyiv despite new warnings of potential consequences.

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Prime Minister Andy Burnham of Britain on Monday at the tomb of the unknown soldier at Ukraine’s national military memorial cemetery in Hatne, southwest of Kyiv.

Some of Russia’s A.I. Drones Are Powered by Nvidia Microcomputers, Ukrainian Officials Say

24 août 2026 à 05:02
The tech giant says it does not sell the devices in Russia, but they are widely available on resale markets. When purchased that way, they are virtually impossible to track.

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A Nvidia Jetson Orin minicomputer that Ukrainian officials say was found in an autonomous drone that Russia recently tested in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.

A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

24 août 2026 à 05:00
An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.

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    War, climate shocks and trade disputes are pounding the world’s breadbaskets and pushing the global food system into dangerous territory.
     

The Price of Bread

24 août 2026 à 01:53
War, climate shocks and trade disputes are pounding the world’s breadbaskets and pushing the global food system into dangerous territory.

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A combine harvester in Seeluebbe, Germany, this month.

Zelensky Says His Ex-Defense Minister Was Wrong to Call for Elections

23 août 2026 à 10:09
The Ukrainian president repeated his long-held position that elections in the middle of war would tear his country apart.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine this month in Belgrade, Serbia.

How a Trump Envoy Uses Vodka and Dirty Jokes to Conduct U.S. Diplomacy

22 août 2026 à 10:38
The diplomat, John Coale, says his personalized approach gets results and matches the president’s style. Critics contend he is giving up too much to an authoritarian leader.

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John Coale, the U.S. special envoy to Belarus, was on hand last year in Lithuania for the arrival of released prisoners from Belarus.

Germany Identifies a Plot After Finding a Weapons Cache, but Names No Culprit

21 août 2026 à 13:28
Officials were careful not to point a finger, after revealing what they said was a plan for a political attack, at a time when a series of destabilizing actions have been blamed on Russia.

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“This case shows that we are working on the assumption that the risk level is high,” Alexander Dobrindt, the German interior minister, said at a news conference on Friday.

At 77, She Walked 9 Miles Under Drone-Filled Skies to Escape From ‘Hell’

21 août 2026 à 10:43
Rescue teams no longer enter the city of Lyman, in eastern Ukraine, because it is deemed too dangerous. The only way out is a terrifying journey on foot.

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Nina Ivanova at an evacuation center in Sloviansk, Ukraine. She and her daughters took their chances on the road, as countless Ukrainians have done before them all along the front line.

Songs for Lizard Season

20 août 2026 à 16:37
Our colleagues at The Amplifier newsletter have music recommendations for the final sun-basking days of summer.

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Missile Barrage Shows Russia’s Doubt That Ukraine Can Defend Itself

20 août 2026 à 10:20
Moscow is taking advantage of Ukraine’s depleted stock of interceptors and is intensifying attacks, worsening the civilian death toll.

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Evacuating a resident from a damaged apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Thursday.
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