Ukraine’s Zelensky Says Putin Will Benefit From Trump Meeting in 3 Ways
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a new interview Tuesday that he believes Russian President Vladimir Putin will benefit from his upcoming summit with President Donald Trump in three key ways. Why It Matters Trump and Putin are slated to meet in Alaska on Friday to discuss bringing an end to Russia’s ongoing war against […]
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How Ukraine’s Critical ‘Fortress Belt’ Could Be Lost Under Putin’s Demands
Kremlin demands for Ukraine to cede territory in the Donetsk region to Russia for a ceasefire could hand Moscow a big battlefield advantage, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. Ahead of a summit between President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin in Alaska next week, reports cited by the ISW say the […]
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China Reacts to Ukraine’s Raid on Russian Bomber Bases
By John Feng is Newsweek’s contributing editor for Asia based in Taichung, Taiwan. His focus is on East Asian politics. He has covered foreign policy and defense matters, especially in relation to U.S.-China ties and cross-strait relations between China and Taiwan. John joined Newsweek in 2020 after reporting in Central Europe and the United Kingdom. […]
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US to Urge Putin to Recognize Ukraine’s Right to Maintain Military: Report
By Gabe Whisnant is a Breaking News Editor at Newsweek based in North Carolina. Prior to joining Newsweek in 2023, he directed daily publications in North and South Carolina. As an executive editor, Gabe led award-winning coverage of Charleston church shooter Dylan Roof’s capture in 2015, along with coverage of the Alex Murdaugh double murder […]
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Zelensky Confirms Ukraine’s Belgorod Incursion: ‘War Must Return’ to Russia
Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that Ukraine’s troops are active in Belgorod oblast in his first public admission of an incursion into a second Russian region. Military analysts and Russian bloggers have reported battles in Belgorod region between Russian and Ukrainian troops but this had not been publicly acknowledged by the Ukrainian president. Zelensky said Monday […]
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How Trump’s USAID Cuts Are Impacting Ukraine’s Civilians
It’s an icy February morning in Vinnytsia, a city in western Ukraine where families displaced by the war have found refuge. For Maryna, 42, the struggle to rebuild a life shattered by conflict is far from over. A mother who fled from Kherson with her son describes the emotional and physical toll of displacement. “After […]
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Decentralized Energy Powers Ukraine’s Resilience Against Russia
Amid relentless Russian missile attacks targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Maxim Timchenko, CEO of DTEK, Ukraine’s largest private energy company, has been leading efforts to restore power. In an interview during the U.N. climate talks in Azerbaijan, Timchenko shared data on a back-and-forth battle showing how electricity generation rises and falls with every rebuild and subsequent […]
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Kursk War Map Shows Ukraine’s Advances Amid North Korean Troop Deployment
Ukrainian troops are fighting back in the Kursk oblast where North Korean troops are assisting Moscow’s forces, it has been reported, as a map shows the latest state of play in the Russian border region. Ukraine made swift gains when it staged its surprise incursion into the region on August 6 overrunning weakly defended Russian […]
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