Zaporizhzhia (Ukraine)

September 1, 2026 Andrew E. Kramer and Evelina Riabenko

For These Children, Getting a Safe Education Means Going Underground

In a frontline Ukrainian city, parents don’t see schools built below ground as apocalyptic. Instead, they offer relief from worry about the threat of Russian strikes.

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August 27, 2026 Carlotta Gall and Nicole Tung

Where Drones Cannot See, the Ukraine War Is a Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse

Russian troops are trying to infiltrate the vast, overgrown reservoir basin of a dam they blew up three years ago as Ukrainian soldiers hunt them at close quarters.

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August 24, 2026 Andrew E. Kramer and Nicole Tung

A Drone Killed Three Ukrainians. It Was Guided Entirely by A.I.

An attack by what Ukrainian officials said was a Russian drone with an Nvidia chip presages a dystopian future of weaponry untethered to humans.