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Russia Pays a Bloody Price for Small Gains on Eastern Front
Russia is relying on masses of troops to overrun Ukrainian positions, producing heavy casualties and incremental gains.
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Your Wednesday Briefing: Quake’s Death Toll Soars
Also, China’s balloon spin and Russia’s mounting losses.
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In Russian Plays, Don’t Mention the War
Paris productions of Chekhov, Turgenev and Ostrovsky avoid current events and focus on profound truths. But the plays’ message is…
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Opinion
Russia and Ukraine Have Incentives to Negotiate. The U.S. Has Other Plans.
The United States’ recent promise to ship advanced M1 Abrams battle tanks to Ukraine was a swift response to a…
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How Russia Is Surviving the Tightening Grip on Its Oil Revenue
Restrictions on Russia’s oil trade are raising the stakes in a protracted economic standoff that is reshaping the global energy…
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Books
Conversations With Friends, in a Russian Jail Cell
A debut novel from Kira Yarmysh, a longtime critic of Vladimir Putin, offers an intimate look at political imprisonment.
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Russia Pushes to Take Ukrainian Town Near a Vital Supply Line
Ukraine has used the strategic town of Vuhledar to launch attacks disrupting transit on a critical rail link between the…
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U.S. Presses Partners to Weed Out Illicit Trade With Russia
American officials worry that commercial activities in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates could be fueling Russia’s war machine and…
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Russia Pushes to Take Ukrainian Town Near a Vital Supply Line
The town of Vuhledar is just a few miles from a critical rail link. Its capture would enable Moscow to…
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When It Comes to Building Its Own Defense, Europe Has Blinked
Despite expectations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would force Europe to bolster its military strength, it has instead reinforced dependency…
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