Simon Shuster
Shuster is a senior correspondent at TIME. He covers international affairs, with a focus on Russia and Ukraine. For his first book, The Showman, he reported inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s compound in Kyiv as the Russian invasion unfolded.
The Kremlin’s response made clear that they are in no hurry to end the fighting through negotiations.
Advances on the battlefield have given the Russians every incentive to continue fighting
As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Eric Green, who helped organize Biden’s 2021 summit, says Russia’s goals in Ukraine remain unchanged.
Secret talks with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko show the risks of Trump's latest diplomatic gambit with Putin
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Russia took thousands of Ukrainian kids. Can peace talks bring them home?
Ukraine got weapons, but Russia dodged a bullet
Kyiv is producing millions of drones a year, and potentially changing the balance of power in future wars.
Frustrating Zelensky and the Europeans, Putin continues to exploit gaps Trump's knowledge.
The countries agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each during peace talks held in Istanbul on Friday.
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Moscow’s massacres of Ukrainian civilians blew apart any semblance of good faith as Washington pushed for talks
Three weeks after his ill-fated meeting with U.S. Pres. Donald Trump, Zelensky spoke about the argument, Putin and the endgame in Ukraine.
As the war morphs into a deadly routine, it's harder for Zelensky to hold the attention of allies, and to keep people like Trump on his side.
The U.S. intelligence pause has undercut supply lines to Kursk, cut satellite imagery and tanked morale.
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