NPR talks with military analyst Michael Kofman, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about Russia's gains in Ukraine and what they reveal about the war's direction.

Russia launched the largest aerial assault on Ukraine overnight Sunday since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

President Trump is breaking with decades of U.S. policy toward Russia. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Elina Ribakova, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Russia has launched massive drone and missile assaults on Ukrainian cities over the weekend. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The attacks happened over the past three nights, even as the ...

Ukrainian forces now control more than 400 square miles of Russian territory Ukraine says it has solidified its control over parts of Russia's Kursk region. NPR's Michel Martin talks to retired ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: With the deposed Syrian dictator, Bashar al-Assad, now exiled in Moscow, Syria's new leadership is still taking shape. That's in part because the rebels who toppled the regime ...

What does President Trump's changing rhetoric on Vladimir Putin suggest about his relationship with the Russian leader? NPR's Michel Martin asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: As President Trump pushes to end Russia's war in Ukraine, one of the key topics for negotiators will be sanctions. Since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly three ...

Ukraine scrambled to defend itself from Russia's largest barrage of missiles and airstrikes on Kyiv overnight. Trump says no progress was made to end the war during a call with Russia's Putin.

MARTIN: Meanwhile, Russia announced it's ready to hold another round of peace talks. In a few minutes, we'll talk about Trump and Putin's relationship with a former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: This weekend, the Ukrainian air force said Russian forces launched the largest air assault on Ukraine since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion.

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: ... Michel, to go after Russia's oil sales, because if you think about the context in early 2022, inflation in the United States was at a four-decade high.