The New York Times

E.U. leaders plan for a painful scenario: Russia turning off the gas. European leaders meeting in Brussels this week were eager to focus on granting Ukraine E.U. candidate status, but have also had to address a pressing…

Ukraine says it will withdraw from the city of Sievierodonetsk. After weeks of bloody street-by-street fighting and months of Russian bombardment, Ukrainian forces fighting in the eastern city of Sievierodonetsk will ret…