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U.S. to Send Another $550 Million in Arms to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — The White House announced on Monday that the United States would send another $550 million in arms to Ukraine to help it fend off Russian invaders, increasing the total American investment in war fighting there to more than $8 billion since the invasion began in February. President Biden authorized the latest package as…
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Lebanon Weighs Ukraine Claim That Syrian Ship Holds Stolen Grain
Lebanese authorities said Friday that they were investigating a Ukrainian claim that a Syrian ship under U.S. sanctions that docked in the northern Lebanese port of Tripoli was carrying Ukrainian grain stolen by Russia. The Laodicea, a Syrian-flagged cargo ship owned by the state transport company, arrived in Lebanon on Wednesday carrying nearly 10 tons…
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Ukraine Live Updates: Countries Across Europe Prepare for Winter Energy Squeeze
A power plant run by CEZ Group in Chorzow, Poland, in February.Credit…Maciek Nabrdalik for The New York Times In eastern France, a dozen villages have been shutting off their streetlights at midnight. Barcelona is offering home efficiency assessments. Warsaw is subsidizing homes that replace fossil-burning stoves with heat pumps. With the war in Ukraine spurring…
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Eyeing Kherson, Ukraine Prepares an Ambitious Counterattack
KHERSON REGION BORDER, Ukraine — The road to Russian-occupied Kherson in southern Ukraine passes through a no man’s land of charred wheat fields and cratered villages. The tails of rockets stick out of asphalt and the boom of incoming and outgoing artillery ricochets off tidy, abandoned homes. Along a jagged frontline, Ukrainian forces are preparing…
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Ukraine News: Russia Seeks to Rally Support From African Allies
During his trip to Africa, Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, is expected to try to paint Russia as the continent’s faithful ally.Credit…Byambasuren Byamba-Ochir/EPA, via Shutterstock President Vladimir V. Putin casts himself as the leader of a global movement rising up against domination by the United States and its allies. On Sunday, his top…
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How the Grain Deal Between Ukraine and Russia Will Work
BRUSSELS — There are many moving parts to the grain deal Russia and Ukraine reached, which officials didn’t think was even possible until last week, not least because the war is continuing and trust between the parties is extremely low. Here’s what to know about the grain problem, and how it might now be addressed.…
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E.U. Natural Gas, Putin News and the Latest: Ukraine War Live Updates
Kherson, in southern Ukraine, has been under Russian control since the early days of the war.Credit…Andrey Borodulin/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images A critical bridge shelled. A fighter jet shot out of the sky. Ammunition depots destroyed. A cluster of soldiers attacked. Ukraine’s intensifying attacks on Russian forces in just the last 48 hours in Kherson…
