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Ukraine Is Suddenly on the Offensive, With Help From Elon Musk

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Kyiv’s forces have notched their biggest domestic territorial gains in more than two years after Russia lost the use of Starlink    A soldier from the Timur Special Forces Unit of Ukraine’s military intelligence directorate, who goes by the call sign Konosh.    By  Nikita Nikolaienko ,  Ian Lovett Following  and  Daria Matviichuk   |  Photography by Serhii Korovayny for WSJ March 20, 2026 11:00 pm ET; original article contains additional illustrations. ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine—When  Elon Musk  flipped the off switch on Russian forces’ Starlink internet connections in February, Ukraine’s military went on the offensive. Russian commanders had lost access to live video of the battlefield and communications with troops. Ukrainian soldiers moved in on Russian positions with little threat from drones—normally an omnipresent danger. Now, Ukrainian forces have notched their biggest domestic territorial gains in more than two years, dashin...
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Zelensky Sends Negotiators to the U.S., Hoping to Revive Peace Talks

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The Ukrainian president has said he has a “very bad feeling” about the effects of the Iran conflict on Ukraine’s own war. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine on Wednesday in Madrid. He has called for the resumption of peace talks, which have lost momentum in recent weeks. Credit... Javier Soriano/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images By  Cassandra Vinograd Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine The New York Times , March 21, 2026,  5:01 a.m. ET Three weeks after the outbreak of war in the Middle East froze U.S.-led negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky is pushing to get them back on track. In recent days, Mr. Zelensky has lamented that the talks have been  “constantly postponed”  and argued that they should resume even as the United States is preoccupied with the war in Iran. While few in Ukraine believe that the peace process had brought the war with Russia much closer to an end, the two sides were talking face to face and had narrowed some ga...
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