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Byline: Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman Facing grim job prospects, a young Nepali signed up to join Russia's military, which sent him to fight in Ukraine. His ordeal of combat, [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Cans packed with caffeine and branded with patriotic machismo have become an essential antidote to the stresses of war. On a sunny morning, deep in the forests [...]

Byline: Michael Schwirtz, Jeffrey Gettleman, Maria Varenikova and Constant Méheut The stunning incursion into the Kharkiv Region lays bare the challenges facing Ukraine's weary and thinly stretched forces as Russia [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Emile Ducke Russia's latest offensive has expanded the battlefield along Ukraine's northern border, and sent thousands of civilians fleeing to Kharkiv, the closest large city. As [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman As bloodshed surges around them, an Israeli settler and a Palestinian tour guide search for answers - and a shred of hope. As Moish Feiglin pulls up [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman, Rami Nazzal and Adam Sella Israeli settlers and Palestinians have been locked in a cycle of bloodshed for decades. But extremist settler attacks could send the conflict [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman, Adam Goldman, Edward Wong and Ben Hubbard It took American and Qatari diplomacy, and self-interested decisions by Hamas, to bring two hostages safely back to Israel. On [...]

Byline: Bhadra Sharma and Jeffrey Gettleman Scores of young Nepali men have gone to fight, some lured by Russia's promise of work, others to fight for Ukraine, raising the prospect [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Tamir Kalifa Yakov Argamani has the pale face and broken soul of a man whose child is in extreme danger. He shuffles around his immaculate house [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman By rushing to confront the attackers himself, Israel Ziv has become a public symbol of Israel's former military successes - and its failure this time. Israel Ziv, [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Daniel Berehulak Yosef Chaim Bernfeld, a young businessman from New York who is trying to straighten out his life, journeyed to Uman this weekend for a [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly Sunset along the Kakhovka Reservoir in central Ukraine, especially in summer, used to be gorgeous: kids played in the shallow water near the shore, [...]

Byline: John Eligon, Lynsey Chutel and Jeffrey Gettleman An extensive paper trail reveals that the authorities in Johannesburg were warned repeatedly about the dangers in the derelict building where 76 [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman The conflict in Ukraine has split apart millions of families. The story of Andrii Shapovalov and Tetiana Shapovalova reveals how a couple's bond can become a casualty. [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly Every morning at the stroke of 9, in the western Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi, the entire town square comes to a standstill for a [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly It wasn't even 8 a.m. and Captain Fritz, a Ukrainian infantry officer, had already smoked a half-dozen cigarettes. He's 24, but his pale blue [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Eric Schmitt Ukrainian and American officials say Russian warplanes are dropping Soviet-era bombs, some modified to glide long distances, which are almost impossible to shoot down. [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman No city in Ukraine has suffered the reversal of fortunes that Kherson has. Liberated in the fall, it was a symbol of hope. Now it is a [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly More than 5.5 million people who left after the war began in February 2022 have gone back home - and not just to large [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Olha Kotiuzhanska Russian troops are forcibly relocating residents near the southern city of Kherson as fighting there intensifies, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. KYIV, Ukraine -Â Russian [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman For a dad planning a family trip, Georgia seemed to have it all: skiing, hot springs, just the right dose of history, and huge dumplings (not to [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Ivor Prickett Everybody who knew Taras and Olha Melster was surprised when they signed up for a Ukrainian volunteer unit on the first day of the [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Ivor Prickett KHERSON, Ukraine - The little green van sped down the road, the Russian forces just across the river. Inside, Halyna Luhova, the mayor of [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman The Mozart Group was training Ukrainian soldiers and evacuating frontline residents until the money ran out. Its collapse sheds light on the stresses faced by such groups. [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn Russian forces have looted tens of thousands of pieces, including avant-garde oil paintings and Scythian gold. Experts say it is the biggest art heist [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman On a foggy morning a few months ago, Valentyn Dmytrovych Yermolenko, an aging Ukrainian fisherman with a bad back and horrible knees, puttered down a narrow channel [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Kherson has been whipsawed by occupation, liberation and now dread. It's a lonely place. And cold. In a city overflowing with fear and misery, there is one [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman We were stepping carefully through a dripping wet forest at the edge of the beach, at night. Above us, 150-foot-tall trees towered, their canopy blotting out the [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly KHERSON, Ukraine - On the night of March 15, Illia Karamalikov received an unexpected phone call. As a nightclub owner and member of Kherson's [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Finbarr O'Reilly In the southern Kherson region, the pattern seen in eastern Ukraine is repeating: The withdrawal of Russian forces yields evidence of possible war crimes. [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Oleksandra Mykolyshyn Anton Filatov, a Ukrainian film critic, was pulled into a theater he never expected to enter: the front lines of war, where he now [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Andrew E. Kramer Just days after the southern city of Kherson was liberated after eight months of Russian occupation, accounts of beatings, torture and disappearances are [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman For an unconventional former Marine colonel, Ukraine represents the morally just war that eluded him his entire career. But how much can he and his military start-up [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman AT THE KHERSON FRONT, Ukraine - The commander banged on the door furiously. 'I need help!' he shouted. When Tetiana Kozyr opened up, the commander rushed in, [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Russian bombs. Soaring energy costs. Severed trade links. It's getting hard to fix all the shattered windows in Ukraine, and winter is coming. CHERNIHIV, Ukraine - There [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman CHASIV YAR, Ukraine - On a clear spring morning eight years ago, Oleksandr Khainus stepped outside his house to go to work at the town factory when [...]

Byline: Andrew E. Kramer and Jeffrey Gettleman Residents of towns recently retaken by Ukraine described a chaotic flight by disorganized Russian troops, suggesting morale and inexperience remain major problems for [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Collectors across the country are seeking pieces of shrapnel, bits of bombs and even the uniforms of dead Russians. It's part of an urge to feel more [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Laura Boushnak KYIV - The rave had been planned for weeks, with the space secured and the D.J.s, the drinks, the invites and the security all [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Some fled to Poland's capital alone. All feel deeply uneasy about the future. For the young Ukrainians packing into Poland's capital, a park offers a place where [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Led by young women from Eastern Europe, they are cornering Europe's leaders and pressing them for a total energy embargo on Russia - to end the fighting [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Cristian Movila TIRASPOL, TRANSNISTRIA - At the Back in the U.S.S.R. cafe, it is like the Soviet Union never collapsed. Busts of Lenin greet visitors at [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Daniel Berehulak BUCHA, Ukraine - She called him Sunshine. He called her Kitty. They met nearly 20 years ago when she was working at a hospital [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman Mriya, the world's largest aircraft, was destroyed in a pivotal battle at the start of the war. It was a beloved symbol for all of Ukraine but [...]

Byline: Monika Pronczuk and Jeffrey Gettleman Moldova's destiny has been intertwined uncomfortably with Russia's for years, and the Ukraine invasion has accelerated its efforts to break free from Moscow. CHISINAU, [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman For a Jewish reporter with Eastern European roots, one of the hardest challenges covering the war is reconciling the horrors of the Holocaust with the Poland and [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman, Oleksandr Chubko and David Guttenfelder An ordeal at a mental health facility in Ukraine illuminated the horrors of the Russian occupation in the areas around Kyiv. BORODIANKA, [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Monika Pronczuk Thousands of Ukrainian men are avoiding military service, putting them on risky paths into Europe. Among Ukrainians, it's stirring a complicated debate. CHISINAU, Moldova [...]

Byline: Monika Pronczuk, Jeffrey Gettleman and Erin Schaff PRZEMYSL, Poland - Since the war broke out in Ukraine, the elegant little city of Przemysl, less than 10 miles from the [...]

Byline: Jeffrey Gettleman and Monika Pronczuk A young man fleeing war in Sudan and a young woman evacuating Ukraine crossed into Poland at the same time. They had very different [...]