Anatoly Kurmanaev

Rusia está perdiendo más hombres. Pero cada baja ucraniana acerca más al Kremlin a la victoria.

Speaking on the 25th anniversary of his rule, President Vladimir V. Putin delivered an upbeat and vague New Year’s Eve message that did not address casualties in Ukraine or rising inflation at home.

El presidente de Azerbaiyán dijo que una vaga disculpa de Vladimir Putin no bastaría para preservar las relaciones amistosas entre los dos países.

The leader of Azerbaijan criticized the Russian response to the crash of a passenger jet that Azerbaijani officials said had most likely been hit by Russian air defenses.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia told the Azerbaijani leader, Ilham Aliyev, in a phone call, “that the tragic incident took place in Russian airspace.”

The Russian prosecutor’s office said the suspect, a 29-year-old citizen of Uzbekistan, confessed to planting the bomb on the orders of Ukrainian agents.

An ally’s downfall has prompted calls in Russia for a definitive victory closer to home.

The slowdown is worrying for the Kremlin but not serious enough to significantly hobble its war effort.

Russia Has Suffered Colossal Losses in Ukraine. Is Its Army Depleted?

The hourlong call centered on what German officials said was a push to end the war in Ukraine. It was the first in two years between Mr. Putin and Chancellor Olaf Scholz

The Russian leader’s emphasis on nuclear prowess has been seen as an attempt to deter Western military aid to Kyiv.

Russians in the area of Ukraine’s invasion have described seeing signs of violent encounters, as well as respectful treatment from Ukrainian troops.

Military spending and recruitment are causing the country’s economy to overheat, leaving regulators in a struggle to rein in rising prices.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III called the situation “very, very serious,” though he said that what the soldiers were doing in Russia was “left to be seen.”

José Medina y Alejandro Ante se encuentran detenidos en Moscú. Llegaron allí tras hacer escala en Venezuela, que al parecer los extraditó.

Two Colombian soldiers who had fought for Ukraine are now under arrest in Moscow. They wound up there after stopping over in Venezuela, which apparently extradited them.

The detention of Telegram’s founder has highlighted the messaging app’s outsize status in Europe’s deadliest war since World War II.

Dos semanas después de que Ucrania lanzara su ataque en la región rusa de Kursk, las fuerzas rusas se han recuperado de la conmoción inicial e intentan utilizar la guerra en expansión para su ventaja en el campo de batalla.

Two weeks after Ukraine launched its surprise attack, Russian forces have recovered from the initial shock and are trying to use the expanding war to their battlefield advantage.

Venezuela’s government believed its control of all levers of power would give the country’s authoritarian president an Election Day victory. A rebellion by its supporters undid the plan.