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Fascinating reporting from ⁦Siobhán O'Grady⁩ and her team washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/…

Really interesting reporting that gives new insights into the North Koreans being sent to fight with Russia in Ukraine and their battlefield tactics washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/… From Siobhán O'Grady and Serhii Korolchuk

Trump foreign aid cuts leave Ukrainians in limbo and asking why. A U.S.-funded organization to help war veterans is one of many organizations that have abruptly lost funding and can no longer carry out their work. From Siobhán O'Grady Serhii Korolchuk wapo.st/4gkvriP

Distressed Ukrainian troops, veterans and their families — including some soldiers on the brink of suicide — have relied on a U.S.-funded hotline to connect to help. The line went dark last week. Siobhán O'Grady Serhii Korolchuk washingtonpost.com/world/2025/01/…

For months, a small group of Ukrainian troops has been deeply involved in the lives of locals under Ukrainian occupation in Kursk. Last night, Kyiv says Russia bombed the school turned shelter where many of them lived. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/…

UPDATE It's not just Venezuelans at risk of losing temporary protected status under Trump Trump’s narrow view of TPS could imperil nearly 1 million immigrants w/ Marianne LeVine & Siobhán O'Grady

The Trump administration’s decision to end temporary protections for Venezuelans in the coming months has ignited fears that nearly 1 million immigrants could ultimately lose their status, Marianne LeVine Maria Sacchetti Siobhán O'Grady report. washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

NEW: More than 100 Russian civilians have fled to Ukraine in recent days, some severely wounded. Most left after the main shelter in Ukrainian-controlled Sudzha was hit. We met the evacuees in a shelter & hospital in Ukraine and heard their stories. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/…

They were boys when the war began — innocent and ignorant of missiles, drones and Russian occupation. Now they face adulthood in a country where being a man often means carrying a weapon. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/…

“We are trying not to give this war to our children,” he said. “Maybe his violin will be his weapon.”

Some personal news: Today I was named the chief economics correspondent for The Washington Post, where I’ve been since 2017 Infinitely grateful for my editors, colleagues, sources and, above all, readers who made this possible Reach me anytime securely on Signal: 9178872891

Today’s front page: Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський: “I’m not playing cards. I’m very serious, Mr. President.”

Scoop: The Trump administration reversed its decision to terminate a U.S. initiative that documents alleged Russian war crimes, including the mass abuction of Ukrainian children to Russia. It's a rare about-face following pressure from U.S. lawmakers and Christian evangelicals

Dnipro tonight after a Russian attack on a hotel restaurant, days after an agreement on an energy object ceasefire. Civilians in restaurants weren’t included in the deal.

NEW: Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show washingtonpost.com/national-secur… w/ Sarah Blaskey Siobhán O'Grady

EXCLUSIVE: Trump team urged Ukraine earlier this year to take U.S. deportees, according to documents reviewed by The Washington Post -- an extraordinary request of a nation at war. by Adam Taylor Sarah Blaskey Siobhán O'Grady wapo.st/430jcmO

SCOOP by Adam Taylor: Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees, documents show --an extraordinary request of a nation at war & dependent on U.S. military & financial support. w/ Sarah Blaskey Siobhán O'Grady wapo.st/430jcmO

Trump team urged Ukraine to take U.S. deportees amid war, documents show. The extraordinary request illustrates the administration’s aggressive bid to identify partners to accept people expelled by the U.S., by Adam Taylor Sarah Blaskey Siobhán O'Grady washingtonpost.com/national-secur…

Regardless of whether there's any outcome of talks in Istanbul today, the fact Ukraine's delegation is led by defmin Rustem Umerov, a Crimean Tatar, is itself symbolic. His very existence directly contradicts Russia's narrative that Crimea is Russia. washingtonpost.com/world/2025/05/…

An official briefed on the Russia-Ukraine talks by a delegate who was present confirms the head of Russia's delegation said: "Perhaps someone at this table will lose even more of their loved ones. Russia is ready to wage war forever."