Dasha Litvinova

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, on February 1, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File)

February 28, 2022, 5:04 pm

Ukrainian and Russian delegations meet as Putin continues to flex nuclear muscles

Russian delegation led by Putin’s culture adviser; Ukraine expected to demand ceasefire and withdrawal of Russian troops in first face-to-face talks since war began

By YURAS KARMANAU, Jim Heintz, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Dasha Litvinova

A woman carries her child as she arrives at the Medyka border crossing after fleeing from Ukraine, in Poland, February 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

February 28, 2022, 4:21 pm

Outgunned and under nuclear threat, determined Ukrainians hold out

Kyiv still under Zelensky government’s control, as US, EU defense officials consider best methods of providing Ukraine with weapons

By YURAS KARMANAU, Jim Heintz, VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and Dasha Litvinova

A Ukrainian serviceman stands at his position at the line of separation between Ukraine-held territory and rebel-held territory near Svitlodarsk, eastern Ukraine, Feb. 23, 2022. (Evgeniy Maloletka/AP)

February 24, 2022, 12:18 am

Kremlin says Ukraine rebels asking for military help, opening door for invasion

Moscow claims separatists want Russian soldiers to repel ‘Ukrainian aggression,’ seen as possible pretext for incursion; Kyiv declares state of emergency

By Dasha Litvinova, YURAS KARMANAU and Jim Heintz

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a speech during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, on February 19, 2022. (AP/Michael Probst)

February 19, 2022, 10:05 pm

‘What are you waiting for?’ Zelensky slams world’s ‘appeasement’; asks Putin to meet

‘We will protect our country with or without [outside] support,’ vows Ukrainian president, demanding ‘a shift from appeasement,’ as threat of Russian invasion grows

By Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova and Lori Hinnant

French President Emmanuel Macron (R) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) in Moscow on February 7, 2022 (SPUTNIK / AFP)

February 8, 2022, 1:35 pm

Macron heads to Kyiv after talking to Putin about Ukraine

Following meeting with Russian leader, French president says ‘upcoming days will be crucial,’ it’s Europe’s duty to find diplomatic solution and rebuild ties with Moscow

By Dasha Litvinova and Sylvie Corbet

In this photo taken from video and released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on February 2, 2022, Russian and Belarusian tanks and military helicopters attend a joint military drills at Brestsky firing range, Belarus. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

February 2, 2022, 5:39 pm

Biden approves additional troop deployment to Europe amid Ukraine tensions

US official says 2,000 soldiers from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, will be sent to Poland; roughly 1,000 Germany-based personnel to be moved to Romania

By Dasha Litvinova, AAMER MADHANI and LORNE COOK

February 2, 2022, 4:00 pm

Leaked document shows US willing to negotiate with Russia over missiles

Amid Ukraine crisis, Spanish newspaper publishes purported text of Washington offering ‘reciprocal transparency measures’ to Moscow on missile base activity

By LORNE COOK and Dasha Litvinova

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny gestures as he stands in a cage in the Babuskinsky District Court in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

January 26, 2022, 4:20 am

Russia adds Navalny and his top allies to list of ‘terrorists’

Federal Financial Monitoring Service adds nine critics of Putin to registry, freezing their bank accounts as authorities up pressure on media, rights groups

By Dasha Litvinova

Kazakhstan troops and police block a street in Almaty, Kazakhstan, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo)

January 11, 2022, 8:37 am

Nearly 8,000 detained in Kazakhstan as violent protests are quelled

Authorities claim rallies against fuel prices were hijacked by ‘terrorists,’ say allegations they have been targeting peaceful demonstrators are ‘misinformation’

By Dasha Litvinova

A police car on fire as riot police prepare to stop protesters in the center of Almaty, Kazakhstan, January 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Vladimir Tretyakov)

January 7, 2022, 11:59 am

As 26 die in mass protests, Kazakh leader orders use of lethal force on ‘terrorists’

President Tokayev warns: ‘Those who don’t surrender will be eliminated’; Russia-led troops arrive to guard government institutions

By Dasha Litvinova

Russian President Vladimir Putin is shown during a conversation with US President Joe Biden via videoconference in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, December 7, 2021. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

December 8, 2021, 8:26 am

In video call face-off, Biden warns Putin against Ukraine invasion

US president threatens stiff economic sanctions, military bolstering of NATO allies; Russian leader says NATO to blame for tensions; White House describes meeting as ‘useful’

By AAMER MADHANI and Dasha Litvinova

A Russian Emergency Ministry truck is parked at the Listvyazhnaya mine, right, near Belovo, in the Kemerovo region of southwestern Siberia, Russia, November 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Sergei Gavrilenko)

November 26, 2021, 1:10 pm

Survivor found in Siberia coal mine after accident, as dozens presumed dead

20 fatalities confirmed, with another 31 people still missing inside the Listvyazhnaya mine, officials say

By Dasha Litvinova