Keir Simmons

3 weeks ago | nbcnews.com | Astha Rajvanshi |Keir Simmons

Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled he was open to ceasefire talks with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy as pressure from the Trump administration ramps up to secure a peace deal. “We need to sort this out,” Putin told a Russian state TV reporter on Monday.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Keir Simmons

Russian President Vladimir Putin signaled he was open to ceasefire talks with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as pressure from the Trump administration ramps up to secure a peace deal. “We need to sort this out,” Putin told a Russian state TV reporter Monday.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Keir Simmons |Charlene Gubash

By and SO’OUD ATEN, Egypt — It’s a familiar story: The whim of a leader upends citizens’ lives and leads them into the wilderness. In ancient Egypt, Pharaoh Akhenaten was no different. Determined that his population should stop from worshipping multiple gods, more than 3,300 years ago he told residents to seal up their homes and workshops in the city of So’oud Aten with mud and clay bricks and move to a new home, a leading Egyptologist, Zawi Hawass, told NBC News last month.

1 month ago | nbcnews.com | Keir Simmons |Gabe Joselow |Natasha Lebedeva |Victor Sema

By , , , and KORENEVO, Russia — The carcass of a burned-out American military Humvee lies outside a hotel in this front-line town. This is where Ukraine’s forces were halted amid heavy fighting in August last year, locals tell NBC News. Since then, Russia's fight back bore fruit. The destroyed vehicle is a drop in the ocean of the $66.5 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided to Kyiv for its war effort.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Keir Simmons

KORENEVO, Russia — The carcass of a burned-out American military Humvee lies outside a hotel in this front-line town. This is where Ukraine’s forces were halted amid heavy fighting in August last year, locals tell NBC News. Since then, Russia's fight back bore fruit. The destroyed vehicle is a drop in the ocean of the $66.5 billion in military aid that the U.S. has provided to Kyiv for its war effort.