--- title: Simon Shuster | TIME description: Shuster is a senior correspondent at TIME. He covers international affairs, with a focus on Russia and Ukraine. For his first book, The Showman, he reported inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s compound in Kyiv as the Russian invasion unfolded. canonical: https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/simon-shuster/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Simon Shuster  ## Simon Shuster Shuster is a senior correspondent at TIME. He covers international affairs, with a focus on Russia and Ukraine. For his first book, [_The Showman_](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/the-showman-simon-shuster?variant=41083800682530)_,_ he reported inside Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s compound in Kyiv as the Russian invasion unfolded.  ## Simon Shuster *  Oct 23, 2025 ### [How Putin Stole a Nuclear Power Plant](https://time.com/7327608/russia-ukraine-nuclear-power-plant/) Experts and Ukrainians warn that the safety risks at Europe's largest nuclear power plant remain hig... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Sep 24, 2025 ### [How Ukraine Gamified Drone Warfare](https://time.com/7319847/7319847/) The Army of Drones bonus program brings elements of Roblox and Fortnite to the blood-soaked realm of... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 19, 2025 ### [How Putin Brushed Off Trump’s Latest Push for Peace in Ukraine](https://time.com/7310543/putin-trump-ukraine-war-kremlin-analysis/) The Kremlin’s response made clear that they are in no hurry to end the fighting through negotiations... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 16, 2025 ### [Why Trump's Summit With Putin Failed](https://time.com/7310117/putin-talks-trump-ukraine-takeaways/) Advances on the battlefield have given the Russians every incentive to continue fighting [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 15, 2025 ### [Why the Trump-Putin Summit Cannot End the Ukraine War](https://time.com/7309702/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-alaska/) As Trump meets Putin in Alaska, Eric Green, who helped organize Biden’s 2021 summit, says Russia’s g... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Aug 8, 2025 ### [Exclusive: Inside the Minsk Backchannel](https://time.com/7308021/lukashenko-belarus-minsk-backchannel-trump-putin/) Secret talks with Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko show the risks of Trump's latest diploma... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 17, 2025 ### [The Hidden War Over Ukraine’s Lost Children](https://time.com/7302345/ukraine-lost-children-russia-war/) Russia took thousands of Ukrainian kids. Can peace talks bring them home? [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Jul 15, 2025 ### [Trump's New Hard Line on Putin is Softer Than it Looks](https://time.com/7302282/trumps-putin-ukraine-war-standoff-peace-plan-patriot-weapons/) Ukraine got weapons, but Russia dodged a bullet [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Jun 3, 2025 ### [Ukraine’s Drone Strikes on Russia are the Future of War](https://time.com/7290551/ukraines-drone-strikes-against-russia-could-soon-become-the-global-norm/) Kyiv is producing millions of drones a year, and potentially changing the balance of power in future... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 22, 2025 ### [Trump Finds Ukraine War May Be Too Complicated to Fix](https://time.com/7287693/trump-discovers-the-war-in-ukraine-may-be-too-complicated/) Frustrating Zelensky and the Europeans, Putin continues to exploit gaps Trump's knowledge. [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 16, 2025 ### [Russia and Ukraine Agree to Prisoner Swap](https://time.com/7286136/russia-ukraine-prisoner-swap/) The countries agreed to exchange 1,000 prisoners of war each during peace talks held in Istanbul on ... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  May 15, 2025 ### [How Putin Missed His Shot At Peace](https://time.com/7285523/how-putin-misplayed-the-trump-zelensky-split/) Moscow’s massacres of Ukrainian civilians blew apart any semblance of good faith as Washington pushe... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 25, 2025 ### [Read Interview of Zelensky on Trump, Putin, and War](https://time.com/7271480/zelensky-transcript-trump-white-house/) Three weeks after his ill-fated meeting with U.S. Pres. Donald Trump, Zelensky spoke about the argum... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 24, 2025 ### [Zelensky on Trump and Ukraine's Endgame](https://time.com/7270880/zelensky-trump-putin-ukraine-endgame-interview/) As the war morphs into a deadly routine, it's harder to hold the attention of allies—and to keep peo... [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Mar 7, 2025 ### ['Hundreds of Dead': Inside the Fallout from Trump's Ukraine Intel Pause](https://time.com/7265679/satellites-front-failing-hundreds-dead-fallout-trump-ukraine-aid-pause/) The U.S. intelligence pause has undercut supply lines to Kursk, cut satellite imagery and tanked mor... 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