Simon Shuster

How Ukraine Turned the Tide of the War

Inside the lightning counteroffensive that stunned Russian troops

By Simon Shuster and Vera Bergengruen September 26, 2022

Ukraine’s Secret Effort to Get U.S. Jets

Ukrainians are using invention, social media and disregard for protocol to fight back.

By Brian Bennett and Simon Shuster August 19, 2022

Ukraine's First Lady Olena Zelenska Takes On the Trauma Of War

Olena Zelenska, the First Lady of Ukraine, got to bed late on the eve of the Russian invasion. Her kids were long asleep in the presidential residence south of Kyiv, a vast mansion of yellow...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv July 7, 2022

Інтерв'ю TIME з Володимиром Зеленським

Read this article in English and Russian Старший кореспондент TIME Саймон Шустер провів розмову з президентом України Володимиром Зеленським 19 квітня 2022 року в Адміністрації Президента в Києві. Нижче наводиться відредагована стенограма їхньої розмови. Ш:...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv April 28, 2022

Интервью TIME с Владимиром Зеленским

Это будет полномасштабная битва, масштабнее которой мы не видели на территории Украины.Это будет полномасштабная битва, масштабнее которой мы не видели на территории Украины.

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv April 28, 2022

TIME's Interview with Volodymyr Zelensky

'This will be a full-scale battle, bigger than any we have seen on the territory of Ukraine.'

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv April 28, 2022

Inside Zelensky's World

Two weeks in the presidential compound show how the Ukrainian leader has changed

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv April 28, 2022

The Crime Scene Left at a Summer Camp

The scenes of depravity in this commuter town outside Kyiv have changed the course of the war in Ukraine

By Simon Shuster/Bucha, Ukraine April 13, 2022

Inside the Historic Mission to Provide Ukraine Aid and Arms

The wine was too warm for Kristina Kvien, the top U.S. envoy to Ukraine, so she stood up to get some ice cubes from a waiter at the bar. It was close to midnight in...

By Simon Shuster/Lviv March 31, 2022

A Ukrainian Photographer Documents the Invasion in Kyiv

Over the past eight years, he has photographed many aspects of the war between Russia and Ukraine.

By Simon Shuster March 17, 2022

How Volodymyr Zelensky United the World

The Ukrainian president's choices amid Russia's invasion may have already altered history

By Simon Shuster March 2, 2022

Putin Threatens Not Just Ukraine But the West

Among the many threats he issued in his declaration of war, the most chilling was reserved not for Ukraine but for the “outside forces”

By Simon Shuster February 24, 2022

What Putin's Moves Toward War in Ukraine Reveal

A common claim among experts in Russian politics is that the Kremlin “has many towers.” It is meant to suggest a kind of pluralism in the chambers of power in Moscow, with rival camps of...

By Simon Shuster February 22, 2022

The Untold Story of the Ukraine Crisis

Great wars sometimes start over small offenses. A murdered duke. An angered pope. The belief of a lonely king that his rivals aren’t playing fair. When historians study why armies began gathering in Europe during...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv February 2, 2022

Exclusive: Navalny Urges Biden to Stand Up to Putin

In letters from a penal colony, the imprisoned Russian dissident opens up about his quest to unseat Putin

By Simon Shuster January 19, 2022

The Man Putin Fears

An exclusive interview with Alexei Navalny, Russia's imprisoned dissident

By Simon Shuster January 19, 2022

Эксклюзив: Интервью Алексея Навального о противостоянии России и США

"Запад раз за разом попадает в элементарную ловушку Путина... Прямо как перепуганный школьник, которого забуллил старшеклассник."

By Simon Shuster January 19, 2022

This Infamous Russian Hacker Wants Your Crypto Investment

Entrepreneurs do not typically brag about their criminal records when promoting a new business venture. But Peter Levashov, one of Russia’s most notorious hackers, believes his rap sheet may help attract investors. “The U.S. government...

By Simon Shuster/New Haven, Conn. December 23, 2021

Nobel Winner Dmitry Muratov on the Free Press

Few institutions have sacrificed more for the cause of free expression than Novaya Gazeta, one of Russia’s last independent newspapers. Since President Vladimir Putin came to power in 2000, six of the paper’s reporters have...

By Simon Shuster December 8, 2021

Is Ukraine’s Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Kremlin Propaganda?

On a breezy afternoon last spring, the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman took me on a tour of a public park near the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, along with a team of aides,...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv September 29, 2021

The World's Most Famous Private Detective Makes No Apologies

About a decade ago, when his mansion in upstate New York started feeling too cramped for all his grandkids, Jules Kroll, the world’s most famous private detective, set out to build a bigger one on...

By Simon Shuster September 10, 2021

Erik Prince's $10B Plan to Create a Private Army in Ukraine

On the second night of his visit to Kyiv, Erik Prince had a dinner date on his agenda. A few of his Ukrainian associates had arranged to meet the American billionaire at the Vodka Grill...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv July 7, 2021

Exclusive: How an Accused Russian Agent Worked With Rudy Giuliani in a Plot Against the 2020 Election

The accused Kremlin agent was not hard to find. It only took a few days of pestering him for a meeting in early April before his answer arrived via encrypted message, beneath a profile picture...

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv May 28, 2021

Witnesses: Investigators Focused On Giuliani's Oligarch Ties

By the time federal investigators searched the Manhattan home of Rudy Giuliani on Wednesday, they had amassed a trove of evidence from his associates in Ukraine, focusing most intently on Giuliani’s ties to Ukrainian oligarchs,...

By Simon Shuster April 29, 2021

Ukraine's President on Why Russia Sent Troops to the Border

“They want us to be afraid,” Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, says as his plane starts to descend, bringing him home from a trip to the war zone near his country’s border with Russia....

By Simon Shuster / Shumy, Ukraine April 12, 2021

The Russian 'Information Warrior' Seeking to Discredit COVID-19 Vaccines

The Biden Administration issued an open threat on March 8 to several Russian media outlets. Over the last few months, the U.S. had been monitoring their campaign of “disinformation” about COVID-19 vaccines, and it now...

By Simon Shuster March 21, 2021

Fake Vaccines Are 'Liquid Gold' In Pandemic Crime Wave Worth Billions, Says Interpol

As governments rush to vaccinate their citizens against COVID-19, organized crime groups are seeking to exploit weaknesses in the global vaccine supply chain, fueling a “parallel pandemic of crime” that has generated billions of dollars...

By Simon Shuster March 12, 2021

Interpol Breaks Up Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Smuggling Ring

The international police agency says smuggling ring brought counterfeit shots from China to South Africa

By Simon Shuster March 3, 2021

N.Y. Says Medical Staff 'Must' Be Vaccinated Before Elderly

The state of New York has warned hospitals that they cannot start giving COVID-19 vaccines to elderly people until they finish vaccinating hospital staff members, according to an email sent to hospitals across the state...

By Simon Shuster February 11, 2021

Exclusive: Ukraine Releases ‘Shock’ Call With Giuliani

“Let these investigations go forward,” Rudy Giuliani told the presidential headquarters in Kyiv, Ukraine, his voice turning impatient. “Get someone to investigate this.” On the other end of the line, hunched over a speakerphone, two...

By Simon Shuster February 9, 2021

Biden's Pledge of Normalcy Clashes with 'Strange Feeling' in a City Full of Troops

The reverend could hardly recognize the streets of Washington, DC, as he drove into town on Monday night, a draft of his Inaugural prayer tucked into a three-ring binder. The city looked more like a...

By Simon Shuster and Kimberly Dozier January 20, 2021

Capitol Riot Fuels Calls for Domestic War on Terror

Civil libertarians fear rights roll-back as calls for post-insurrection crackdown mount

By Simon Shuster January 18, 2021

U.S. Sanctions Giuliani's Sources of Biden Dirt

The Treasury Department move repudiates Trump conspiracy theories and shows his grip on power is weakening

By Simon Shuster January 11, 2021

How a White-Supremacist Militia Uses Facebook to Grow

The snow had just melted on the streets of Kyiv when Shawn Fuller, a U.S. Navy veteran, arrived in the early spring of 2018, his roller suitcase clattering over the pavestones of the Ukrainian capital....

By SIMON SHUSTER/KYIV, UKRAINE and BILLY PERRIGO/LONDON January 7, 2021

Donald Trump Couldn't Be Prosecuted in Office. What Happens When He Leaves?

He couldn't be prosecuted in office. Should he be when he leaves?

By Simon Shuster and Vera Bergengruen November 12, 2020

Russia Wins as Trump Denounces U.S. Vote

By casting doubt on the vote, President Trump is helping Russia achieve its goal of undermining public faith in the U.S. democratic system

By Simon Shuster November 6, 2020

Exclusive: Alleged Hunter Biden Emails Circulated in Ukraine

Emails purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden were circulating in Ukraine last year at the same time that Rudy Giuliani was searching for dirt on Joe Biden.

By Simon Shuster October 21, 2020

Giuliani Revives Attack On Hunter Biden With Leak

After months of failed attempts to smear Democratic candidate Joe Biden, a new Ukraine gambit by the President's personal lawyer

By Simon Shuster October 14, 2020

The Kremlin's Shifting Strategy on U.S. Vote

The risks of launching another full-scale campaign of cyber interference have come to outweigh the foreseeable rewards

By Simon Shuster October 7, 2020

Russia Back Channel Bid to GOP Biden Witness

A key witness in the new GOP Senate probe tells TIME Russia's allies offered to feed him information on Joe and Hunter Biden.

By Simon Shuster September 23, 2020

Rick Perry Pushed Deals That Helped Friends as Energy Secretary

A six-month investigation reveals Perry’s hunt for energy profits in Ukraine

By Simon Shuster and Ilya Marritz/WNYC-ProPublica September 10, 2020

In NY, Bodies Are Being Stored in Makeshift Morgues

The arrival of makeshift morgues has thrust the pandemic into full view as it envelops the nation’s largest city.

By Simon Shuster March 31, 2020

Inside Putin's Plan to Extend Power Beyond 2024

A "bloodless revolution" paves the way for another era of Putin's rule

By Simon Shuster January 15, 2020

Lawsuit Raises Questions About Perry's Role in Ukraine

A state-owned company is suing over an oil and gas contract won by an ally of the former Energy Secretary

By Simon Shuster / Kyiv December 16, 2019

Top Ukraine Adviser Disputes Impeachment Testimony

"I have my own truth. I know what I know.”

By Simon Shuster / Kyiv December 10, 2019

How Zelensky Is Navigating His Role in Trump's Impeachment

Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelensky is caught between a crumbling U.S. alliance and a hostile russia

By Simon Shuster/Kyiv December 5, 2019

Ukraine's Zelensky Speaks Out on Trump, Putin

Hardly six months into his tenure as the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has already learned to temper his expectations. He does not expect his first round of peace talks with Russia, which are scheduled...

By Simon Shuster / Kyiv December 2, 2019

Naftogaz CEO 'Willing' to Testify in Giuliani Probe

Federal prosecutors are investigating Giuliani for possible campaign finance violations and illegal lobbying

By Simon Shuster November 22, 2019

Ukraine Wants to Probe the Company That Paid Hunter Biden. But It's 'Too Sensitive'

One of the troubling questions at the center of the impeachment inquiry, at least for Republicans, has been the work that Hunter Biden did for Burisma, one of Ukraine’s largest gas companies, while his father...

By Simon Shuster / Kyiv November 20, 2019

Ukraine Pro-Russia Politicians Back Trump’s Calls for Probe

As President Donald Trump faces another tough week of public testimony in the impeachment inquiry, his push for investigations in Ukraine has found an unexpected support base: Ukrainian lawmakers. In particular, some of the politicians...

By Simon Shuster / Kyiv November 19, 2019