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Putin Skips Annual News Conference, Avoiding Possible Questions on War It has been an annual ritual of Vladimir V. Putin’s Russia: The president holds a wide-ranging, marathon news conference in December, making a somewh…

The G7 nations agree to set up a donor platform to funnel money to Ukraine. The leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations on Monday pledged their unwavering support for Ukraine as they agreed on elements of a new system…

Putin won’t hold a news conference that has been a December tradition. President Vladimir Putin will not hold his marathon December news conference this year, breaking with an annual tradition that dates back to the earl…

Ukraine’s allies meet to shore up defense and humanitarian support as the war drags on. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine spoke with the leaders of the U.S., France and Turkey, shoring up military and humanitarian…

Ukraine Faces More Outages and Strikes Russian-Controlled Melitopol Russian drone strikes on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa plunged more than 1.5 million people in the region into darkness on over the weekend,…

The Brittney Griner swap puts a spotlight on Americans in Russia. After almost 10 months of war, sanctions, nuclear threats and the constant monitoring of the Russian security state, some American and European citizens c…

Rights Advocates Honored at Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Human rights advocates in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus were being honored on Saturday at the Nobel Peace Prize award ceremony in Oslo. The laureates — Memorial, a Rus…

A Chatty Putin’s Underlying Message: I’m Still in Charge The Russian leader’s burst of activity this week has been a departure from November, when he held only one extended public event from Nov. 10 to 20. Most of what P…

NATO’s secretary general warns that a ‘full blown war’ with Russia is ‘a real possibility.’ NATO’s secretary general warned on Friday that Russia’s war in Ukraine could expand into a wider war with the Atlantic alliance.…

Russia Finds a War Critic Guilty of ‘Spreading False Information’ A Russian court on Friday sentenced an opposition politician, Ilya Yashin, to eight and a half years in prison after finding him guilty on charges of “spr…

Here are the latest developments on Brittney Griner. The release of the American basketball star puts an end to a 10-month ordeal in which she became a bargaining chip between Moscow and Washington. The basketball star B…

News Analysis: In Brittney Griner Deal, Putin Used Pain, a Familiar Lever By seizing Brittney Griner, President Vladimir Putin of Russia made things so painful for the U.S. that it capitulated and turned over a convicted…

Sevastopol’s mayor says Russia’s Black Sea Fleet shot down a Ukrainian drone. An explosion rang out in the sky over the Russian-occupied city of Sevastopol on Thursday and Russia said it had shot down a drone, suggesting…

Ukrainian official says 6 civilians were killed when Russians shelled a town center. A Russian artillery barrage killed six civilians and wounded five others in the eastern town of Kurakhove, Ukrainian authorities said,…

Ukrainian officials investigating Russian spies raid 13 Orthodox monasteries and churches. Kyiv on Wednesday continued its crackdown on what it called “subversive activities” linked to a branch of the Orthodox church tha…

Putin says Russia doesn’t currently need to conscript more troops. President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia’s war effort in Ukraine “might be a long process.” But despite mounting fears within Russia that t…

Zelensky is named Time’s person of the year. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was named Time magazine’s person of the year on Wednesday in recognition of his leadership during his country’s war against Russia. The…

A U.N. report documents 441 killings of civilians around Kyiv in the first weeks of Russia’s invasion. The United Nations released a report on Wednesday detailing extrajudicial killings by the Russian Army during the fir…

The winter freeze will help Ukraine with its eastern offensive, military officials say. The onset of winter weather and colder temperatures has compounded misery for people in parts of Ukraine with limited access to heat…

Inside the Face-Off Between Russia and a Small Internet Access Firm After Moscow erected a digital barricade in March, blocking access to independent news sites and social media platforms to hide information about its un…

A timeline of attacks on Russian territory during the Ukraine war. Russia has suffered high-profile attacks since it invaded Ukraine in February. Some have taken place on Russian soil, while others have damaged or destro…

The State Department said it is ‘not encouraging’ Ukraine to attack targets inside of Russia. The United States is not encouraging Ukraine to attack Russian targets beyond its borders, a State Department spokesman said o…

Embassies in Denmark and Romania receive ‘dangerous parcels,’ Ukraine says. Ukrainian embassies in Denmark and Romania on Tuesday were sent “dangerous parcels,” the latest in a series of suspicious packages received in t…

Latvia revokes the license of TV Rain, a major independent Russian channel. Latvia has revoked the broadcasting license of TV Rain, Russia’s most prominent independent television channel, after a correspondent’s unscript…

Ukraine’s latest strikes prompt criticism from backers of Moscow’s war. Russian war commentators have intensified their criticism of their country’s military command after Ukrainian drone strikes hit military bases deep…

Putin inspects a bridge linking Russia and Crimea, two months after an explosion partially destroyed it. President Vladimir Putin inspected repairs to a bridge that links the country with the Crimean Peninsula on Monday,…

Russia fires a barrage of missiles across Ukraine. Russia launched a volley of missiles at Ukraine’s energy grid on Monday, the latest in a monthslong campaign of strikes targeting civilian infrastructure. Ukrainian air…

Explosions rock two military bases in Russia, according to some Russian media. Explosions rocked two Russian military bases on Monday, according to some Russian media, including an airfield that Kyiv officials said has b…