


Smoke rising over Kyiv, Ukraine, after a strike on Wednesday. It was the third major attack on the capital in a week.


President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attending a dignified transfer last month for Army soldiers killed while deployed to Jordan last month.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine with President Trump during the NATO summit in Ankara last month.

Artyom Vovchenko deserted the Russian military, fled to the United States, was deported back to Russia and escaped again.

Rescuers working outside a residential building damaged in strike on Kyiv on Saturday.

President Trump holding a cabinet meeting on Friday at Camp David in Maryland.

A friend’s call for help led Mykhailo Rudominski into defense work. His company, Himera, makes electronic warfare-resistant radios.

Boris B. Nadezhdin at home in June.

Mykhailo Fedorov, the former minister of defense, speaking in Kyiv on Thursday.


A liquefied natural gas terminal in Germany. Most of that L.N.G. comes from the United States, underscoring Europe’s vulnerability to American supplies.

Laying a foundation for a house in the village of Kosmyryn, in western Ukraine, in November.

Damage to an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, after a strike on Friday.

Gen. Kyrylo Budanov in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2024. He is now the presidential chief of staff, after having served as head of military intelligence.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, center, during talks in Geneva on Sunday with Ukrainian officials on a plan to end the war with Russia.

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at a French air base this month. He is seeking support from his European partners as he negotiates with the Trump administration over a U.S. peace proposal.