The museum partially reopened a limited “masterpiece route,” granting access to the “Mona Lisa,” the Venus de Milo and a handful of galleries — a stopgap that allowed visitors inside while highlighting how far normal operations have slipped.
The latest round of talks between Zelenskyy and U.S. envoys ended Monday as Kyiv faces Washington’s pressure to swiftly accept a U.S.-brokered peace deal while confronting an increasingly assertive Moscow.
The defiant Russian President Putin does not play by Washington's rules. Rather, he takes advantage of U.S. missteps to alter the balance and redefine the terms of engagement.