Victor Sema

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 | nbcnews.com | Alexander Murray Smith |Victor Sema

LONDON — Russia's Vladimir Putin has for years unsuccessfully tried to oust Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Now, those efforts are being entertained by senior officials in Ukraine’s single most important backer, the United States. Either Zelenskyy “needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude or someone else needs to lead the country to do that,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday.

Sep 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Richard Engel |Gabe Joselow |Victor Sema

Richard Engel and Gabe Joselow and Victor SemaSeptember 6, 2024 at 7:00 AM·3 min readPOKROVSK, Ukraine — With Russian forces just 5 miles away, civilians in the eastern Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk are expecting a heavy fight to come and scrambling to flee while there’s still time.

Sep 1, 2024 | yahoo.com | Charlotte Gardiner |Richard Engel |Yuliya Talmazan |Victor Sema

KYIV, Ukraine — Sharing cigarettes, jokes and the same first name, Volodymyr Dziubynskyi and Volodymyr Androshchuk bonded on the battlefield fighting Russian forces in Ukraine as well as their shared love of sport during downtime away from the frontlines. “We knew everything about each other and helped each other in everything,” Dziubynskyi, 28, told NBC News in September. It was one of several interviews he gave over the course of months until June.

Sep 1, 2024 | autos.yahoo.com | Charlotte Gardiner |Richard Engel |Yuliya Talmazan |Victor Sema

KYIV, Ukraine — Sharing cigarettes, jokes and the same first name, Volodymyr Dziubynskyi and Volodymyr Androshchuk bonded on the battlefield fighting Russian forces in Ukraine as well as their shared love of sport during downtime away from the frontlines. “We knew everything about each other and helped each other in everything,” Dziubynskyi, 28, told NBC News in September. It was one of several interviews he gave over the course of months until June.