For Volodymyr Nikulin, being a wartime police officer means aiding evacuees, surviving a shrapnel wound and tackling looters. It also means quickly switching cities when one falls to the invaders.
Tag: Russian Invasion of Ukraine (2022)
U.K. Man Fighting for Ukraine Is Said to Be Captured in Russia
Russian state media reported that a British volunteer for the Ukrainian Army was captured amid fighting in the Kursk region.
What’s Behind Ukraine and Russia’s Missile Brinkmanship?
Tit-for-tat moves this week included the use of American-made ballistic missiles to strike inside Russia, and new nuclear threats from Moscow. Neither appear to have influenced the war on the ground.
With Memes and in State Media, Many Russians Cheer on Putin’s Threats
While support for Vladimir V. Putin’s threats resounded in pro-war venues, some Russians reacted with worry, gallows humor and apathy to the suggestions of striking the West and using nuclear weapons.
Merkel Memoir Recalls What It Was Like Dealing With Trump and Putin
The new book by former Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany also aims to justify decisions she made that are still affecting her country and the rest of Europe.
Russia Supplies Antiaircraft Missiles to North Korea, the South Says
Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and South Korea.
Ukraine Cancels Parliament Session, Citing a Warning Over a Missile Attack
This is the first time Parliament has canceled a session since Russia invaded Ukraine.
As Ukraine Fires U.S. Missiles, Putin Sends a Chilling Message
The Russian leader ominously declares that America risks nuclear war as it expands its aid.
Putin, in Threat to West, Says Russia Struck Ukraine With New Missile
Mr. Putin said the launch was in response to Ukraine’s recent use of American and British missiles to strike deeper into Russia.
Russia Gifts Bears and a Lion to North Korea
Vladimir Putin also presented a lion to Pyongyang Zoo, one of the more than 70 animals he sent as an emblem of the deepening friendship between the two nations.