Andrew E. Kramer

By MYKOLAIV, Ukraine — For a time, a city of half a million people on the plains in southern Ukraine wavered on the edge of uninhabitable.

Den ukrainska staden Mykolajiv har slagits i spillror under kriget – men nu börjar den sakta återhämta sig. En månad in i kriget gick Danmark in med ett projekt för att stötta staden.

The proposal reflects a global reality in which governments appeal to President Trump’s vanity in order to get American might on their side.

Ukrainian officials suggested naming a contested part of Donbas "Donnyland" in peace talks to appeal to Donald Trump and gain US support.

WASHINGTON — When Poland sought a US military base in 2018, it pitched the idea as Fort Trump.

Ideas have been floated for how the contaminated zone could bring economic benefits to Ukraine. But for the foreseeable future, it will be an army-controlled security belt.

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defense minister, sees futuristic military technology as crucial to his country’s survival.

Buildings rattled in the Ukrainian capital for hours early Sunday. It was unclear if Russia’s Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile had been used.

KYIV — Russia unleashed a prolonged missile and drone attack on Ukraine's capital and nearby towns early Sunday morning, with explosions rattling

Andriy Melnyk, criticized as a Nazi collaborator and lionized as an anti-Soviet resistance leader, was given state honors for his reburial near Kyiv.