Marc Santora

4 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Marc Santora |Liubov Sholudko |Nicole Tung

For soldiers and commanders on the edge of battle, any talk about a lasting cease-fire still feels like a dangerous fantasy. Ukrainian soldiers marching during an initiation to welcome new members of the 33rd Separate Mechanized Brigade at a training ground in the eastern region of Donetsk on Sunday. Credit... Hunted by drones, stalked by snipers and surrounded by minefields, soldiers fighting in Ukraine can't risk even a small lapse in concentration. That is why Col.

1 month ago | businessandamerica.com | Julian Barnes |Marc Santora

An analysis made this week of Russian attitudes toward a possible cease-fire with Ukraine suggests that the Russian public is ready to end the war but skeptical of any concessions Moscow may have to make. Combined with new polling in Ukraine, the analysis by a Massachusetts-based company, FilterLabs, shows how difficult selling the terms of a U.S.-brokered peace settlement will be to both the Russian and Ukrainian public.

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Julian Barnes |Marc Santora

An analysis made this week of Russian attitudes toward a possible cease-fire with Ukraine suggests that the Russian public is ready to end the war but skeptical of any concessions Moscow may have to make. Combined with new polling in Ukraine, the analysis by a Massachusetts-based company, FilterLabs, shows how difficult selling the terms of a U.S.-brokered peace settlement will be to both the Russian and Ukrainian public.

1 month ago | estadao.com.br | Marc Santora

As forças ucranianas se retiraram quase completamente da região de Kursk, na Rússia, encerrando uma ofensiva que surpreendeu o Kremlin no verão passado (Hemisfério Norte) com sua velocidade e audácia. Soldados ucranianos na linha de frente descreveram uma retirada organizada em certos pontos e caótica em outros, enquanto as forças russas invadiam suas posições e as forçavam a recuar para uma faixa de terra ao longo da fronteira.

1 month ago | japantimes.co.jp | Marc Santora

Ukrainian forces have pulled almost entirely out of the Kursk region of Russia, ending an offensive that had stunned the Kremlin over the summer with its speed and audacity. Ukrainian soldiers at the front described a retreat that was organized in places and chaotic in others, as Russian forces stormed through their lines and forced them back to a sliver of land along the border.