Russia–Ukraine War (June 2): Zelenskyy Says Russia Controls 20 Percent of Ukraine’s Territory

Tanks of pro-Russian troops drive along a street during Ukraine-Russia conflict in the town of Popasna in the Luhansk Region, Ukraine, on May 26, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

The latest on the Russia–Ukraine crisis, June 2. Click here for updates from June 1.

Russia Won’t Close Tsar Peter’s ‘Window to Europe,’ Kremlin Says

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russia did not plan to close “the window” to Europe that Tsar Peter the Great sought to open 300 years ago even though the West has imposed the most onerous sanctions in recent history over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion has killed thousands, displaced 13 million and raised fears of a broader conflict between the United States and Russia, by far the world’s biggest nuclear powers.