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Trump Administration Live Updates: Zelensky and Netanyahu to Meet Trump at White House Original
July 28, 2026, 12:01 a.m. ET President Trump with President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Fla., last year.Credit...Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is planning to meet President Trump at the White House on Tuesday at a time when their relationship appears stronger than ever before — even as both men face challenges at home.
‘Better Chemistry’: Has the Trump-Zelensky Relationship Thawed?
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met President Trump at the White House on Tuesday as their relationship appears stronger than ever before — even as both men face challenges at home. At the meeting, Mr. Zelensky, still confronting domestic fallout over sacking both his defense minister and army chief, was hoping to reboot stalled peace talks in Ukraine’s war against Russia and to push for more U.S. help with weapons, particularly air defense.
In Latest Attacks, Russia Is Exploiting a Major Weakness for Ukraine
Russia’s ballistic-missile attacks against Ukraine have grown in ferocity and magnitude in recent weeks because Russian military planners are exploiting one of Ukraine’s greatest weaknesses: The Ukrainian military does not have enough Patriot missile interceptors to keep up with the barrages. Air-defense units around the country are stuck making impossible calculations. Salvos can now include more than 1,000 drones and dozens of missiles.
Russia Is Rich in Ballistic Missiles. Ukraine Is Short of Ways to Stop Them.
Russia's ballistic missile attacks against Ukraine have grown in ferocity and magnitude in recent weeks because Russian military planners are exploiting one of Ukraine's greatest weaknesses: The Ukrainian military does not have enough Patriot missile interceptors to keep up with the barrages. Air defense units around the country are stuck making impossible calculations. Salvos can now include more than 1,000 drones and dozens of missiles.
Russia Is Rich in Ballistic Missiles. Ukraine Is Short of Ways to Stop Them.
Russia's ballistic-missile attacks against Ukraine have grown in ferocity and magnitude in recent weeks because Russian military planners are exploiting one of Ukraine's greatest weaknesses: The Ukrainian military does not have enough Patriot missile interceptors to keep up with the barrages. Air-defense units around the country are stuck making impossible calculations. Salvos can now include more than 1,000 drones and dozens of missiles.
Tras una agonizante semana de amenazas, Rusia bombardea Kiev
Las advertencias reiteradas de Moscú de un gran ataque, y el retraso en su ejecución, parecieron querer infligir un daño psicológico a la capital de Ucrania. Más de una semana después de que Rusia advirtiera de un ataque contra Kiev que sería tan grande que los diplomáticos y otros extranjeros deberían huir, Moscú finalmente atacó en la madrugada del martes.
Tras una agonizante semana de amenazas, Rusia bombardea Kiev
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Tras una agonizante semana de amenazas, Rusia bombardea Kiev Las advertencias reiteradas de Moscú de un gran ataque, y el retraso en su ejecución, parecieron querer infligir un daño psicológico a la capital de Ucrania.
After an Agonizing Week of Threats, Kyiv Is Finally Bombarded by Russia
KYIV, Ukraine -- More than a week after Russia warned of an attack on Kyiv that would be so big that diplomats and other foreigners should flee, Moscow finally struck early Tuesday. Its forces launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the capital and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 16 people, Ukrainian authorities said. The bombardment of Kyiv was similar in scale to two other deadly attacks last month.
After an agonizing week of threats, Kyiv is finally bombarded by Russia
KYIV, Ukraine -- More than a week after Russia warned of an attack on Kyiv that would be so big that diplomats and other foreigners should flee, Moscow finally struck early Tuesday. Its forces launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the capital and other cities in Ukraine, killing at least 22 people, Ukrainian authorities said.
Volodímir Zelenski comienza a distanciarse del gobierno de Trump
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Volodímir Zelenski comienza a distanciarse del gobierno de Trump Con las conversaciones de paz congeladas y Ucrania ahora más autosuficiente, el presidente Volodímir Zelenski parece alejarse de EE. UU. El presidente de Ucrania, Volodímir Zelenski, en Ereván, Armenia, la semana pasada.
Fed Up, Zelensky Takes Gloves Off With the Trump Administration
18 hours ago Russian President Vladimir Putin says he thinks the Ukraine war is coming to an end despite broader negotiations remaining stalled. Vladimir Putin has signalled that his country’s war with Ukraine may be ‘coming to an end’, as the Russian president again blamed the West for prolonging the fighting …
Fed Up, Zelensky Takes Gloves Off With the Trump Administration
Fed Up, Zelensky Takes Gloves Off With the Trump Administration With peace talks on ice and Ukraine now more self-reliant, President Volodymyr Zelensky seems to be stepping away from the United States. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine in Yerevan, Armenia, last week. Mr. Zelensky has publicly criticized the United States in ways that would have been unthinkable last year.Credit...Ludovic Marin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images May 11, 2026, 5:01 a.m. ET The trouble was a long time coming.
Russian Strikes Kill at Least 15 in Biggest Barrage on Ukrainian Cities in Months Original
Russia launched a vast missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight and early Thursday morning, killing at least 15 people and destroying any thought that the temporary Easter truce announced by President Vladimir V. Putin meant anything more permanent. The strikes sent plumes of smoke above the capital, Kyiv, in the early morning and also targeted the port city of Odesa and the central-eastern city of Dnipro.
Russian Strikes Kill at Least 18 in Biggest Barrage on Ukrainian Cities in Months
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Russian Strikes Kill at Least 18 in Biggest Barrage on Ukrainian Cities in Months
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia launched a vast missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight and early Thursday morning, killing at least 18 people and destroying any thought that the temporary Easter truce announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin meant anything more permanent. kAm%96 DEC:<6D D6?E A=F>6D @7 D>@<6 23@G6 E96 42A:E2=[ zJ:G[ :? E96 62C=J >@C?:?8 2?5 2=D@ E2C86E65 E96 A@CE 4:EJ @7 ~56D2 2?5 E96 46?EC2=\62DE6C?
Russian Strikes Kill at Least 15 in Ukraine in Biggest Attack in Months
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Moscow is again ramping up missile and drone attacks on civilian targets, dispelling any notion that a temporary cease-fire for Orthodox Easter might become more lasting.
Į Donbasą su Zelenskiu: 27 valandos kelyje, 10 puodelių kavos ir Rusijos dronai
Beveik prieš mėnesį įsiplieskęs Jungtinių Valstijų ir Izraelio karas prieš Iraną atitraukė pasaulio dėmesį nuo kruvino Rusijos agresijos karo prieš Ukrainą ir neribotam laikui atidėjo kitą amerikiečių remiamų taikos derybų etapą. Oro gynybos raketų, kurių Ukraina desperatiškai reikia gynybai, atsargos iškeliavo į Artimuosius Rytus, kur sparčiai senka. Tuo tarpu Ukrainoje – liko tik žiaurių Rusijos smūgių per žiemą išsekinti žmonės.
Un Zelenski cansado y en pie de lucha visita a las tropas en el frente
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. El presidente Volodímir Zelenski, con los ojos cansados, profundas arrugas de preocupación y una barba salpicada de canas, subió a un tren el jueves por la noche en Kiev para visitar a sus soldados en el este de Ucrania, donde los combates han sido más encarnizados. Parecía un viaje solitario.
On the Road With Zelensky, Weathered, Weary and Fighting On Original
President Volodymyr Zelensky, with tired eyes, deep worry lines and a beard flecked with gray, boarded a train on Thursday night in Kyiv to visit his troops in eastern Ukraine, where the fighting has been fiercest. It seemed a lonely journey. The U.S.-Israeli war launched against Iran almost a week earlier had pulled the world’s attention away from Ukraine’s bloody war with Russia and delayed the next round of American-backed peace talks.
Ukraine Sent Drone Experts to Protect U.S. Bases in Jordan, Zelensky Says Original
As the war in Iran spirals beyond its borders, Ukraine has sent interceptor drones and a team of drone experts to protect U.S. military bases in Jordan, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with The New York Times. The United States made the request for help on Thursday, and the Ukrainian team left the next day, Mr. Zelensky said. It was expected to arrive in the Middle East soon.
Russia Launches Big Strikes Before U.S.-Ukraine Talks in Geneva Original
Russia Launches Big Strikes Before U.S.-Ukraine Talks in Geneva Moscow unleashed an extensive drone and missile attack just hours before American officials were set to meet with Kyiv’s chief negotiator. An apartment building hit by a Russian strike in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on Thursday.Credit...Reuters Feb.
Russia Launches Big Strikes Before U.S.-Ukraine Talks in Geneva
KYIV, Ukraine -- U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators met for hours Thursday in Geneva to prepare for the next round of trilateral peace negotiations with Russia, which Ukrainian officials hope could be held as early as next week. kAm%96 ?68@E:2E:@?D DE2CE65 9@FCD 27E6C #FDD:2 AF>>6=65 4:E:6D 24C@DD &<C2:?6 H:E9 5C@?6 2?5 >:DD:=6 DEC:<6D] %96 2EE24<D H@F?565 2E =62DE a_ A6@A=6 2?5 52>2865 3F:=5:?8D :? 6:89E C68:@?D[ :?4=F5:?8 :?
Russia Launches Big Strikes Before U.S.-Ukraine Talks in Geneva
KYIV, Ukraine -- Russia pummeled cities across Ukraine with drone and missile strikes before talks Thursday in Geneva between U.S. and Ukrainian negotiators to prepare for the next round of trilateral peace negotiations. kAm%96 5C@?6 2?5 >:DD:=6 2EE24< E2C86E65 &<C2:?:2? 4:E:6D[ H@F?565 2E =62DE a_ A6@A=6 2?5 52>2865 3F:=5:?8D :? 6:89E C68:@?D[ :?4=F5:?8 :? zJ:G[ @77:4:2=D D2:5] !C6D:56?E '@=@5J>JC +6=6?D<JJ D2:5 :? 2 A@DE @? D@4:2= >65:2 %9FCD52J E92E E96 #FDD:2?
Russia Attacks Ukraine Ahead of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary Original
You have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading. Russia Attacks Ukraine Ahead of Invasion’s 4th Anniversary At least one man was killed in Kyiv as Moscow launched a wave of drones and missiles, days after the latest round of U.S.-mediated talks to end the war. Workers at the site where a policewoman was killed in an explosion in Lviv, Ukraine, on Sunday. It was not clear whether Russia was involved.Credit...Mauricio Lima for The New York Times Feb.
Trump Said He’d End the War in Ukraine in a Day. It’s Harder Than He Thought. Original
President Trump repeatedly promised during his campaign that he would end the war in Ukraine in one day. But by most measures, the war has grown worse for Ukrainians since Mr. Trump returned to the White House, not better. More civilians were killed and injured in 2025 than in the previous year. More missiles and drones are hitting city centers. Russia captured more territory in its slow-moving advances in 2025 than in any year since 2022, when it launched its full-scale invasion.
Ukraine-Russia Talks End With Little Progress and Hints of Impasse
After just three hours, Russia, Ukraine and the United States declared themselves done with the latest round of peace talks Thursday, offering scant sign of progress toward ending a war that is nearing a fifth year despite the Trump administration's diplomatic interventions. kAmp 72>:=:2C A2EE6C? A=2J65 @FE 2D EH@ 52JD @7 ?68@E:2E:@?D HC2AA65 FA :?
Trump Live Updates: Democrats to Lay Out Demands For Restrictions on Immigration Agents
The clash reflects a fundamental divide between the two parties over how President Trump’s deportation drive should be carried out.Credit...Eric Lee for The New York Times Senate Democrats said on Wednesday that they would put forth legislation by Thursday to codify their conditions for continuing to fund the Department of Homeland Security, moving quickly to lay out their demands for new restrictions on federal agents carrying out President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Ukraine-Russia Talks End With Little Progress and Hints of Impasse Original
After just three hours, Russia, Ukraine and the United States declared themselves done with the latest round of peace talks on Thursday, offering scant sign of progress toward ending a war that is nearing a fifth year despite the Trump administration’s diplomatic interventions. A familiar pattern played out as two days of negotiations wrapped up in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Everyone said the talks were productive. More talks were planned.
Ukraine-Russia Talks End With Little Progress and Hints of Impasse
After just three hours, Russia, Ukraine and the United States declared themselves done with the latest round of peace talks Thursday, offering scant sign of progress toward ending a war that is nearing a fifth year despite the Trump administration's diplomatic interventions. kAmp 72>:=:2C A2EE6C? A=2J65 @FE 2D EH@ 52JD @7 ?68@E:2E:@?D HC2AA65 FA :?
Trump Live Updates: Latest News on Ukraine, Harvard and More
Russia-Ukraine War Feb. 4, 2026, 3:18 a.m. ET Ukraine talks resume, despite an intense Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid.
Russia and Ukraine Resume Talks After a Huge Attack by Moscow
Employees repair sections of the Darnytska combined heat and power plant damaged by Russian air strikes in Kyiv, on February 4, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Recent Russian strikes on Ukraine's power infrastructure have disrupted light, heating and water supplies to millions across the country as temperatures plummet well below freezing, leaving the war-battered country facing a fresh humanitarian crisis.
Ukraine Talks Set to Resume, Following a Huge Attack by Moscow
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. The second round of peace talks among Russian, Ukrainian and American officials was set to begin Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates, following another huge Russian attack on Ukraine’s power grid early Tuesday.
Russia and Ukraine Resume Talks After a Huge Attack by Moscow
The second round of peace talks among Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. officials began Wednesday in the United Arab Emirates, following another huge Russian attack on Ukraine's power grid early Tuesday. kAm}68@E:2E@CD DA6?E 23@FE d `^a 9@FCD 369:?5 4=@D65 5@@CD[ 2?5 2 &<C2:?:2? @77:4:2= D2:5 E96 E2=<D H@F=5 C6DF>6 %9FCD52J] (9:=6 @77:4:2=D 5:5 ?@E AF3=:4=J D2J H92E H2D 5:D4FDD65[ E96 56=682E:@?D 925 366? 6IA64E65 E@ E2=< 23@FE E96 EH@ >2:? DE:4<:?8 A@:?ED :?
Ukraine Peace Talks Delayed After Russia and U.S. Meet
A second round of trilateral talks to end the war in Ukraine has been postponed for several days after a surprise meeting this weekend between Russian and U.S. negotiators in Florida. The talks — among representatives from Russia, Ukraine and the United States — had been expected Sunday in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Ukraine peace talks delayed after Russia and US meet
A rescue worker clears debris in a damaged maternity hospital following a Russian drone strike in Zaporizhzhia on Sunday. A second round of trilateral talks to end the war in Ukraine has been postponed for several days after a surprise meeting this weekend between Russian and U.S. negotiators in Florida. A second round of trilateral talks to end the war in Ukraine has been postponed for several days after a surprise meeting this weekend between Russian and U.S. negotiators in Florida.
Russia Strikes Ukraine’s Energy Sector, Killing 12 Miners
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A Russian drone strike killed 12 miners who had just finished their shift at a coal mine in east-central Ukraine on Sunday afternoon, officials said, highlighting the limitations of a partial, short-term truce that Russia agreed to last week at President Trump’s request.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Government in Partial Shutdown Limbo as Negotiations Continue
Shutdown Talks Jan. 31, 2026, 4:21 p.m. ET Reporting from the Capitol Trump called Schumer to cut a deal to keep the government open.
Ukraine Peace Talks Delayed After Russia and U.S. Meet
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. A second round of trilateral talks to end the war in Ukraine has been postponed for several days after a surprise meeting this weekend between Russian and U.S. negotiators in Florida.
No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire
ODESA, Ukraine — When she hears explosions, Tetiana Rybak does the only thing she can: She lies in her bed and waits. Rybak cannot walk, cannot go to the shelter. Recently, she asked a social worker to tape over the windows of her apartment with festive red gift wrap, old military posters and a version of the Lord’s Prayer. That way, she no longer has to see the Russian drones flying past.
No Power, No Heat, No Water: Odesa’s Days of Hell Under Russian Fire
You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Distributing hot meals to those affected by power outages in Odesa last week.Credit... Supported by SKIP ADVERTISEMENT Listen to this article · 6:41 min Learn more Dec. 25, 2025 When she hears explosions, Tetiana Rybak does the only thing she can: She lies in her bed and waits. Ms. Rybak cannot walk, cannot go to the shelter.
With attacks on oil tankers, Ukraine takes aim at Russia's war financing
KYIV, Ukraine -- Ukraine has used drones four times in the past few weeks to hit oil tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet, escalating the war in the seas and showing that Ukraine’s security services agency feels increasingly emboldened to launch audacious attacks and claim them publicly. One ship was struck by aerial drones Thursday night in the Mediterranean Sea, more than 1,200 miles from Ukraine. The other three were hit by sea drones in the Black Sea.
With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia’s War Financing
SKIP ADVERTISEMENT You have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load. Ukraine has used drones four times in the past few weeks to hit oil tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet, escalating the war in the seas and showing that Ukraine’s security services agency feels increasingly emboldened to launch audacious attacks and claim them publicly.
With Attacks on Oil Tankers, Ukraine Takes Aim at Russia's War Financing
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Zelensky Offers Compromise Before Latest Round of Peace Plan Talks
ALSO SEE: Ukraine Willing to Drop Ambitions to Join Nato, Zelenskyy Says Ukraine’s president is meeting with U.S. negotiators on the latest plans to try to end the war with Russia. He said he would give up hopes of joining NATO, at least for now, if he got strong security guarantees. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is meeting in Germany with President Trump’s negotiators in what is expected to be a critical round of talks to try to agree on a plan to end the war with Russia.
Zelenskyy offers compromise for new round of Ukraine peace talks
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, right, looks on in Berlin on Sunday as U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second from left, greets Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during peace talks to end the war with Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Sunday in Germany with President Donald Trump’s negotiators in what was viewed as a critical round of talks to try to agree on a plan to end the war with Russia.
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