Russia Pushes Back Ukraine’s Offensive With Drones and North Korean Troops

Russian and North Korean forces have made significant battlefield advances in recent days in the Kursk region of Russia, threatening Ukraine’s supply lines and its hold on a patch of land it hopes to use as a bargaining chip in…

North Korea Says It’s Building a Nuclear-Powered Submarine

North Korea said on Saturday that it was building its first nuclear-powered submarine to enhance its nuclear weapons abilities, and the state news media showed the nation’s leader, Kim Jong-un, inspecting part of what appeared to be a new submarine…

Alarmed by Trump, Poland Must Look at Nuclear Options, Premier Says

Warning that a “profound change of American geopolitics” had put Poland, as well as Ukraine, in an “objectively more difficult situation,” Prime Minister Donald Tusk of Poland on Friday said his country must drastically increase the size of its military…

Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown in Ukraine

A Russian missile slammed into a hotel before dawn on Thursday in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring more than 30 others, the Ukrainian authorities said. “Just before the attack,…

Trump’s Decision to Halt Aid to Ukraine Could Reorder the Battlefield

On the battlefields of Ukraine and western Russia, a stalemated war has ground on, with Ukrainian troops defending against Russian progress that can be measured sometimes in mere yards. The cost has been heavy casualties on both sides. President Trump’s…

C.I.A. Director Says U.S. Has Paused Intelligence Sharing With Ukraine

The C.I.A. director John Ratcliffe said on Wednesday that intelligence sharing with Ukraine had been paused alongside military aid to pressure its government to cooperate with the Trump administration’s plans to end the country’s war with Russia. Speaking on Fox…