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Guarded Optimism, and Some Jokes, in Ukraine Over Trump’s Midterm Wipeout

Victory for Democrats could alter the course of peace negotiations and a war nearing its fifth year.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at the United Nations in September. Mr. Trump has blown hot and at times very cold on Kyiv.

Guarded Optimism, and Some Jokes, in Ukraine Over Trump’s Midterm Wipeout

Victory for Democrats could alter the course of peace negotiations and a war nearing its fifth year.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at the United Nations in September. Mr. Trump has blown hot and at times very cold on Kyiv.

A Trump-Putin-Xi Summit? That Might Be Awkward for One of Them.

A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.

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The Chinese leader Xi Jinping with President Donald Trump at the National Archives Museum in Washington in September.

A Trump-Putin-Xi Summit? That Might Be Awkward for One of Them.

A summit could bolster Xi Jinping’s stature. But talks about Ukraine’s future and limits on nuclear weapons pose uncomfortable choices for China.

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The Chinese leader Xi Jinping with President Donald Trump at the National Archives Museum in Washington in September.

Trump Says He Met With a Senior Russian Official on a Ukraine Peace Deal

President Trump said the deal “might involve all of Europe.” He indicated he had met with a Kremlin envoy whom Melania Trump hosted at the White House on Thursday.

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Kirill Dmitriev, an envoy to the Russian president, during an event with Melania Trump, the first lady, at the White House on Thursday.

How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine

Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.

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Melania Trump receiving a humanitarian award from Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian human rights ombudsman, at the White House on Thursday.

How Melania Trump Became a Dark-Horse Diplomat on Ukraine

Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trump’s team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.

© Alex Kent/The New York Times

Melania Trump receiving a humanitarian award from Dmytro Lubinets, the Ukrainian human rights ombudsman, at the White House on Thursday.

Russia Senses Opportunity in Polish Political Turmoil

After its sometime allies were ousted in elections in Hungary and Serbia, Moscow has seized on Poland’s constitutional standoff in its effort to weaken Europe’s support for Ukraine.

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Protesting outside Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on Sunday.

Russia Senses Opportunity in Polish Political Turmoil

After its sometime allies were ousted in elections in Hungary and Serbia, Moscow has seized on Poland’s constitutional standoff in its effort to weaken Europe’s support for Ukraine.

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Protesting outside Poland’s Constitutional Tribunal in Warsaw on Sunday.

A Lesson From Germany

Trump is betting on economic incentives to stop Putin in Ukraine. Germany’s experience shows why that strategy is risky.

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Lukoil is one of Russia’s biggest energy companies.

Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From Trump

Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.

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President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on Thursday.

Putin Breaks Down His Isolation, With a Big Assist From Trump

Notching wins from Washington, the Russian leader is talking with foreign leaders and could return to diplomatic center stage with possible summit meetings.

© Pool photo by Anastasia Barashkova

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia during a Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow on Thursday.

Newly Freed American Describes His Years in Russian Prison

Stephen James Hubbard, the retired teacher arrested soon after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, said he sometimes lost hope.

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Stephen James Hubbard, in Washington on Thursday.

Trump Officials Discussing Sanctions Relief for Russian Fund, Russia Acknowledges

A Russian official said potential relief for a state investment fund was part of talks. Russia has sought to wring economic benefits from the negotiations on ending the war with Ukraine.

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Mr. Putin’s foreign policy adviser, Yuri Ushakov, said that “such a conversation” had been “going on for some time, though I do not know what the outcome will be.”

Rare Wartime Dissent in Moscow Over Plans to Dismantle Russia’s ‘Eiffel Tower’

A state broadcaster says it cannot afford the restoration of a 1922 steel tower, prompting rare wartime dissent and a movement to save the Modernist masterpiece.

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The Shukhov Radio Tower was commissioned by Vladimir Lenin to spread the word of Communism across the vast Soviet territory.

Trump Explores Lifting Sanctions on Russia’s Flagship Investment Fund

The move would be the latest U.S. concession to Moscow as President Trump pursues economic incentives he hopes will secure an end to war in Ukraine.

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Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump’s envoys, with Kirill Dmitriev, the head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund, in Moscow last month.
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