Kim Barker

New York

International Reporter at The New York Times

NYT reporter, Pulitzer winner. Former campaign $$ diva, ProPublica, & AfPak hack, Chicago Tribune. Wrote Taliban Shuffle. Tips? kim(dot)[email protected]

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Articles

In the Midst of War, a Tale of Hot Dogs

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

Nathan's Famous has found a foothold in Ukraine, a hot dog-loving country. The hot dog statue wore tennis shoes and held a Ukrainian flag in its left hand and an American flag in its right. (The hot dog had hands.)Standing outside the flagship store of the Ukrainian gas station chain Socar, the statue displayed a sign advertising "Nathan's Famous" hot dogs in the same green curlicue script that promotes the chain at its original location in Brooklyn's Coney Island and Nathan's outlets everywhere.
Joplin homeowner receives new wheelchair ramp, exterior home repairs from volunteers

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Kim Barker

Volunteers joined forces Friday to help a disabled homeowner whose property needed some tender loving care. Friday’s workday was part of Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity’s “A Brush With Kindness,” a program aimed at providing light exterior repairs for people who are financially or physically unable to do it themselves. Volunteers came from Joplin Area Habitat for Humanity, Hearts & Hammers and Mercy Specialty Hospital-Southeast Kansas.
A Muted Celebration

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

Events to mark the holiday in the occupied territories seem to be an effort to show Russian control of land it has captured. The Russian soldiers who occupy Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine seemed excited about the 80th anniversary of Victory Day, the Russian holiday that marks the surrender of Nazi Germany in World War II.
More American Air Defense Is on the Way to Help Ukraine

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker |Helene Cooper |Lara Jakes |Eric Schmitt

A Patriot air-defense system is moving from Israel to Ukraine, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of getting Germany or Greece to send another. Ukraine is getting more help in its war with Russia. A Patriot air-defense system that was based in Israel will be sent to Ukraine after it is refurbished, four current and former U.S. officials said in recent days, and Western allies are discussing the logistics of Germany or Greece giving another one.
Analysis | With minerals deal, Trump ties himself to future of Ukraine

1 month ago | thenewstribune.com | Kim Barker

President Donald Trump listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Wednesday. The joint investment fund between the U.S. and Ukraine will be financed with revenues from new projects in critical minerals, oil and gas -- and not from projects that are already operating.
With Minerals Deal, Trump Seems to Tie Himself to Future of Ukraine

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker

The text of the agreement, made public by Ukraine's government, made no mention of the security guarantees that Kyiv had long sought. The minerals deal signed between the United States and Ukraine on Wednesday could bring untold money into a joint investment fund between the two countries that would help rebuild Ukraine whenever the war with Russia ends. But Ukraine's untapped resources that are the subject of the deal will take years to extract and yield profits.
EE. UU. y Ucrania pactan un acuerdo econÃ³mico y de reconstrucciÃ³n

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Alan Rappeport |Michael Crowley |Andrew Kramer |Kim Barker

El acuerdo pretende proporcionar a Ucrania un trato de seguridad implícito y aborda las preocupaciones económicas de Trump sobre el apoyo a Kiev. Estados Unidos compartirá los futuros ingresos procedentes de las reservas minerales de Ucrania en virtud de un acuerdo anunciado el miércoles por el gobierno del presidente Donald Trump que crea un fondo de inversión conjunto entre los países.
A Russian Missile Blew Apart These Kyiv Apartments, and a Decades-Old Community

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Kim Barker |Maria Varenikova |Oleksandra Mykolyshyn |Brendan Hoffman

"It feels like I lost my whole extended family," one survivor said. A woman laying flowers on Saturday at a two-story apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile two days earlier, killing 13 people. "It feels like I lost my whole extended family," one survivor said. A woman laying flowers on Saturday at a two-story apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, that was destroyed by a Russian ballistic missile two days earlier, killing 13 people. Credit...
Russia pummels Kyiv, prompting rare rebuke from Trump

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Kim Barker |Maria Varenikova

KYIV — Russia killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others in a huge attack on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday, prompting President Trump to issue a rare public critique of Moscow, just hours after he lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine. The assault was the deadliest on the capital, Kyiv, since the summer. Explosions shook buildings and sent more than 16,000 people into the subway system to take shelter while clouds of smoke rose over the city as the sun came up.
Russia pummels Kyiv, prompting rare rebuke from Trump

1 month ago | spokesman.com | Kim Barker |Maria Varenikova

KYIV, Ukraine — Russia killed at least 12 people and injured 90 others in a huge attack on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday, prompting President Donald Trump to issue a rare public critique of Moscow just hours after he lashed out at President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine. The assault was the deadliest on the capital, Kyiv, since the summer.