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Under the Rubble in Kyiv, a Rising Death Toll From a Russian Strike

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Rescuers found more bodies Friday, taking total to 31 dead from Thursday’s bombardment  Key Points - - A Russian aerial bombardment of Kyiv killed 31, including children, marking one of the war’s worst attacks. -- The strikes prompted Zelensky to urge more pressure on Moscow, while Trump called Russia’s actions ‘disgusting’. --Nato Germany will deliver Patriot air-defense systems to Ukraine after a deal with the U.S. to replace them. By Jane Lytvynenko, The Wall Street Journal , Aug. 1, 2025    The Thursday strike on Kyiv involved explosive drones and cruise missiles.   PHOTO:  JUSTYNA MIELNIKIEWICZ FOR WSJ  Kyiv -- The first official death toll from Russia’s aerial bombardment of Ukraine’s capital early Thursday stood at six, including Matviy Marchenko, a 6-year-old boy who died in an ambulance. By Friday morning, more than a day after the missile-and-drone assaults, rescuers sifting through the rubble of collapsed buildings had raised the total killed to ...
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How a Youth-Led Backlash Pushed Zelensky to His Biggest U-Turn Yet

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Ukrainian president signed bill that returned power to anticorruption agencies, the removal of which had lifted the lid on simmering discontent  Former general Valeriy Zaluzhniy recently featured in a Ukrainian Vogue photo shoot. Photographs by Svet Jacqueline for WSJ   [ JB: more photos in this article ] The Wall Street Journal , July 31, 2025 11:00 pm ET By Jane Lytvynenko   |  Photograph by Svet Jacqueline for WSJ; article contains more photos, which somehow most of which could not be reproduced here.] July 31, 2025 11:00 pm ET   Key Points -- Ukrainians protested President Volodymyr Zelensky’s move to strip power from anti-corruption institutions, the largest demonstrations since Russia’s 2022 invasion. -- Zelensky reversed course, reinstating the institutions’ independence after public outcry, underscoring the power of street politics. -- The controversy dented Zelensky’s popularity amid the war, with critics concerned about the consolidation of power in h...
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Bipartisan Pair of Senators Seeks $54.6 Billion in New Aid for Ukraine

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The measure faces long odds given past Republican opposition to sending additional assistance to Kyiv, but it comes as President Trump has signaled a new openness to finding ways to back the nation. Listen to this article · 5:16 min  Learn more The measure by Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, left, the top Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, and Lisa Murkowski, right, Republican of Alaska, includes billions of dollars for direct weapons assistance to Ukraine. Credit... Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times By  Robert Jimison Robert Jimison covers foreign policy and defense issues in Congress. He reported from the Capitol. July 31, 2025  Updated  7:15 p.m. ET, The New York Times A bipartisan pair of senators on Thursday introduced legislation to provide $54.6 billion in aid to Ukraine over the next two years as Russia intensifies its attacks and U.S.-brokered peace negotiations have so far failed. The measure by Senators Jeanne Shaheen of New H...
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