Maps: How Ukraine’s Frontline Has Moved

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President Vladimir V. Putin’s demand that Ukraine cede the entirety of the Donbas region before Russia stops fighting has highlighted a central question of any negotiations: where to draw a border both sides could accept. But finding a solution will be fraught. President Volodymyr Zelensky flatly rejected Russia’s proposal, invoking Ukraine’s constitution, which states that … Read more

What Do TV Shows Like ‘And Just Like That’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ Look Like in Russia?

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Censorship in Russia is as old as the nation’s mass media. Imperial censors banned or cut Leo Tolstoy’s books and imprisoned Fyodor Dostoyevsky in Siberia when the writers questioned the czar’s authority. After the Revolution, an army of bureaucrats vetted everything that was published or shown in the country for signs of capitalist heresy. More … Read more

How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump

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new video loaded: How Zelensky Made Progress With Trump By Michael Schwirtz, Claire Hogan and Nikolay Nikolov•August 19, 2025 President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine had a remarkably different White House visit on Monday than the ambush he walked into six months ago. Michael Schwirtz, the global intelligence correspondent for The New York Times, explains how … Read more