
Damage to an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraineβs capital, after a strike on Friday.

Damage to an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraineβs capital, after a strike on Friday.

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.

A wounded man being carried after a Russian attack in Sloviansk, Ukraine.


President Vladimir V. Putin in a photograph released by Russian state media. Mr. Putin said any Western βtheftβ of reserves would accelerate the development of alternative payment systems.

Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Berlin in May. Ukraine and its European allies are pressing hard for Mr. Zelensky to be included in talks.

Vice President JD Vance said the Trump administration no longer wished to fund Ukraineβs defense of the Russian invasion.

Firefighters in Odesa, Ukraine, this month after a Russian strike. President Trump warned Moscow that he would impose new economic punishments if it did not agree to a peace deal within 50 days.


An analysis of internet and social media posts from Moscow, St. Petersburg and Russian border regions showed weariness with the war, but also skepticism toward potential cease-fire agreements.

Exchange rates in Moscow.


Secretary of State Marco Rubio being welcomed on Monday by the Saudi foreign minister, Prince Faisal bin Farhan al-Saud, in Riyadh.

A few Republicans, including Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee, have made clear they do not agree with the presidentβs approach but have taken pains not to criticize him.

Syrian antigovernment fighters pouring into the city of Hama on Friday.

Russian military instructors appeared on state television in Niger after arriving in the capital, Niamey, in April.

President Emmanuel Macron at ΓlysΓ©e Palace on Monday. βThe defeat of Russia is indispensable to the security and stability of Europe,β he said this week.

Bi-2, one of Russiaβs most popular rock bands, performing in Dubai last year. Members of the band were arrested in Thailand last week for an immigration violation, where, their supporters said, Russian officials spent days pushing Thailand to deport some of them to Russia.

A hedonistic party at a Moscow nightclub last month drew the ire of President Vladimir V. Putin and other Russians as the countryβs troops fought in Ukraine.