The New York Times

1. Russia Nears Capture of Key Ukrainian Towns After Year of Grinding Assaults

   Russian troops have advanced at a glacial pace in recent months, but gains in southern and eastern Ukraine could give Moscow an edge in U.S.-mediated peace talks.

2. How Ukrainians Are Coping Without Heat

   Our Kyiv bureau chief, Andrew E. Kramer, describes how Kyiv residents are coping with Russia’s unrelenting assaults on their country’s heating and electrical systems and finding ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.

3. Russia Knocked Out the Heat. So She Slept in a Tent on Her Bed.

   With defiant ingenuity, Kyiv residents are trying to find ways to stay warm in a cruel winter.

4. Ghislaine Maxwell Refuses to Answer Questions, and Texas Republicans Increase Anti-Muslim Rhetoric

   Plus, Olympic medals are falling apart — again.

5. A Campaign to Revoke the Endangerment Finding Appears Near ‘Total Victory’

   A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off.