#washingtonpost.com. × With Trump, Ukraine renews appeal to seize Russia’s frozen billions. With U.S. military aid to Ukraine in doubt, Zelensky hopes to convince Trump to get the Europeans on side for confiscating Russia’s frozen assets.
#Jan.31.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Suzanne Massie, Reagan’s Russian whisperer in Cold War, dies at 94. The author and scholar briefed Reagan on Russian history and Soviet life, including the Russian proverb “Trust but verify” that entered the Cold War lexicon.
#Jan.30.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × As Russian oil spill fouls beaches, locals fume over official response. Volunteers flooded the beaches to help with cleanup eventually prompting the federal government to step to help clean up thousands of tons of fuel oil.
#Jan.27.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × E.U. countries near agreement on easing Syria sanctions, a big policy shift. The E.U. is moving to ease sanctions in a bid to sway how HTS leads Syria’s transition and to further curb Russian influence in the region, diplomats told The Post.
#Jan.24.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Column | In Davos, buoyed by Trump, hopes for peace in Ukraine grow. Before the Davos crowd, President Trump signaled a shift in tone, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine and placing the onus on Russia to come to the table.
#Jan.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ukraine intel chief says North Korean weapons are flooding into Russia. Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov said North Korea has already provided Russia with 120 self-propelled artillery guns and 120 multiple-launch rocket systems, with more to come.
#Jan.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ahead of the expected Trump-Putin call, each side stakes out its position. Kremlin hard-liners are calling for the dismemberment of Ukraine, while Trump is threatening new sanctions if Putin doesn’t come to the negotiating table.
#Jan.23.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Accidents, not Russian sabotage, behind undersea cable damage, officials say. An emerging consensus among U.S. and European security services holds that accidents were the cause of damage to Baltic seabed energy and communications lines.
#Jan.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × What the North Koreans took into battle against Ukraine. Weapons and notes left on dead North Korean troops in Russia give Ukraine a glimpse into their mindset — and show how they are quickly adapting to modern war.
#Jan.19.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Russian ballistic missiles kill 3 and hit water main in Kyiv, officials say. Ukraine said the strikes hit Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia overnight. Russia called the Kyiv strikes a response to Ukrainian attacks on Belgorod.
#Jan.18.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Russia sentences lawyers of late opposition figure Navalny to prison. Arrested in 2023, the lawyers were charged with extremism for relaying messages from Alexei Navalny while he was in prison before his death.
#Jan.17.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Russia’s gas pipeline politics risk alienating its European allies. Russia has long used its plentiful energy resources as a tool to exert control over the region, where independence from Russian energy is tied to political sovereignty.
#Jan.17.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Indians lured to Russia are dying on the front lines in Ukraine. The forced recruitment of Indians into the Russian army has been a point of tension between New Delhi and Moscow, even as the countries have expanded ties.
#Jan.16.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × U.K.’s Starmer visits Ukraine to pledge support amid Russian air raid. While air raid sirens during visits by foreign leaders have sounded before, it is rare for air defenses to actually have to fight off attacking drones.
#Jan.16.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × NATO launches new naval operation in Baltic sea after severed cables. The Baltic Sentry operation comes amid mounting European fears of sabotage after a string of murky disruptions to underwater cables in the sea that borders Russia.
#Jan.14.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Zelensky ready to hand North Korea back its captured troops. Zelensky’s announcement came after he posted photos on social media of two men he said were North Korean soldiers captured in Russia’s Kursk region.
#Jan.13.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ukraine has captured two North Korean soldiers in Russia, Zelensky says. The wounded fighters were taken to Kyiv for questioning, authorities said, where they could reveal details of Pyongyang’s cooperation with Moscow.
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Ahead of Trump’s return to office, Ukraine and Russia battle for Kursk. Ukraine’s continued focus on Kursk shows how important Kyiv believes it is to hold on to Russian land, especially if Trump pushes both sides to the negotiating table.
#Jan.11.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Biden administration sanctions Russia’s oil giants and tanker fleet. The White House, now unconcerned about the effect on gas prices and inflation, blacklisted two of Russia’s biggest oil producers and nearly 200 tanker ships.
#Jan.10.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Putin ready to meet with Trump after inauguration, Kremlin says. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov welcomed what he said was Donald Trump’s “readiness to solve problems through dialogue.” The last U.S.-Russian summit was in 2021.
#Jan.10.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × At inflection point, Pentagon holds final forum for Ukraine aid. Ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s return to office, Ukraine’s future course is shrouded in uncertainty as it loses ground to Russia’s far larger military.
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × As Russia seeks influence in Africa, former students play central role. Going back to the days of the Cold War, many Africans studied in the Soviet Union and later Russia. They’re now among Russia’s biggest boosters.
#Jan.09.2025 ×
#washingtonpost.com. × Russian strike on southeastern Ukrainian city kills at least 13. Volodymyr Zelensky and Donald Trump have said they hope to end the war in 2025, nearly three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion.
#Jan.08.2025 ×
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