Ash Wednesday Forces Us to Confront Death, but It Also Offers Hope
Several days a week, on the way from my home to the nearest coffee shop, I pass a cemetery. Among hundreds of others lie the graves of my father …
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Putin Declares a Nuclear Alert, and Biden Seeks De-escalation
WASHINGTON — When Vladimir V. Putin declared Sunday that he was putting his nuclear forces into “special combat readiness” — a heightened alert …
In Foreign Policy U-turn, Germany Ups Military Spending, Arms Ukraine
BERLIN — It took an invasion of a sovereign country nearby, threats of nuclear attack, images of civilians facing off against Russian tanks and a …
Ukraine Agrees to Talks With Russia, but Fighting Still Rages
KYIV, Ukraine — President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine agreed on Sunday to talks with Russia “without preconditions,” even as President Vladimir …
How the American Right Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Russia
Last week, before Russian threats toward Ukrainian borders turned into an all-out invasion, one part of the American media landscape questioned …
BP to ‘Exit’ Stake in Russian Oil Giant Rosneft
The British oil giant BP said on Sunday that it would “exit” its nearly 20 percent stake in Rosneft, the Russian state-controlled oil company …
‘I’m a Soldier Now.’ Even in Untouched Villages, Ukrainians Prepare to Fight
DNIPRO, Ukraine — Outside the large military hospital in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro, people lined up on Sunday to donate warm clothes …
Ukrainians in Britain Take Up the Cause Back Home
A Ukrainian deliveryman in the English town of Basildon watched the first days of the Russian invasion of his country on television before …
Ukraine War Forces Hungary’s Orban Into Political Contortions
ZAHONY, Hungary — A dusty border town with a train station in northeastern Hungary, near the border with Slovakia and Ukraine, has become a …
The European Union will ask states to grant asylum to Ukrainian refugees for up to 3 years.
More than 300,000 Ukrainians have fled to the European Union since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Thursday, and the bloc is bracing …