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Russian invasion of Ukraine

Everything you need to know about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

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  • KRAKOW, MALOPOLSKIE, POLAND - 2025/05/22: Candidates for Territorial Defence soldiers seen marching in a defensive formation take exams after finishing 16 days ''Tactical Loop'' training in Pasternik Garrison Training Center (GOSz). Successful candidates after taking the oath will join the 11th Lesser Poland Territorial Defense Brigade. Territorial Defence army is an organization that trains civilians who voluntarily wish to acquire military and defence skills. Volunteers from various parts of Lesser Poland who have not had any contact with military service before acquire the basics of military craft. They learned among other skills, the construction and operation of military equipment, the basics of shooting, tactics, topography, rules of conduct on the battlefield and survival and providing first aid on the battlefield. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
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    The shadow Russia casts over Europe has forced it to face the truth: the risk of war is once again real
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference as part of the European Council meeting in Brussels on December 18, 2025. European Unions leaders meet in Brussels on December 18 and 19, 2025, to discuss in particular the need to support Ukraine, transatlantic relations and the EU's strategic autonomy. (Photo by JOHN THYS / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Ukraine’s Zelensky offers peace concessions – and puts the ball in Putin’s court
  • Police block the road near the scene of a deadly explosion in Moscow on Wednesday.
    Pavel Bednyakov/AP
    Bomb blast in Moscow kills two police officers, days after apparent assassination of general
  • Emergency personnel assist an elderly woman who was inside an apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Tuesday.
    Thomas Peter/Reuters
    ‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine kills 4-year-old child, as Zelensky is briefed on peace talks
  • Viktor_Pinkhasov just hours after trekking over the Carpathian mountains into Romania in December
    Alex Platt/CNN
    ‘Nobody wants peace’: The Ukrainian men risking death to avoid the front line
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    Ukraine steps up attacks on Russian air bases to counter strikes on cities and infrastructure
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  • Europe salvages credibility with $105 billion loan for Ukraine but shelves plan to use Russian funds
  • Europe is facing a huge decision on an unprecedented plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine
  • Putin rejects compromise on Ukraine despite Trump’s push for peace
  • In a first, Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine in Black Sea port with underwater drones
  • Trump says Ukraine peace deal is ‘closer than ever’ after Berlin talks, but is it? Here are the key sticking points
  • Trump says end to Ukraine war closer than ever, but US officials caution security guarantee offers won’t last forever
  • UK’s new spy chief warns the ‘front line is everywhere’ amid growing threat from Russia
  • Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
  • More than a million without power in Ukraine regions after intense Russian strikes
  • North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia

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  • <p>Antony Blinken, former Secretary of State in the Biden administration, spoke with Fareed about whether Trump's Ukraine strategy will bring a lasting peace.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Antony Blinken on how to stop Putin’s war in Ukraine 3:11
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    Video EU strikes €90 billion deal to back Ukraine 1:43
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    Video CNN investigates alleged Russian spying on board shadow fleet 4:10
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    Video Putin rejects compromise, digs in on land grab as Trump pushes peace 5:53
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    Video Ukraine says it struck Russian submarine at a port with underwater drones 0:38
  • <p>Bianna Golodryga speaks with former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt about how Ukraine can achieve a fair end in the war against Russia – and whether Europe can sustain its support for Kyiv without US help.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Former Swedish Prime Minister on how to end the Ukraine war 2:48
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    Video ‘Ukraine is not beat,’ says former British general 14:56
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    Video India looks to balance ties with Russia and the US during Putin visit 3:00

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  • Russia's economic turbulence is unlikely to persuade President Vladimir Putin, pictured here at his annual end-of-year news conference, to negotiate an end to the war.
    Alexander Nemenov/Reuters
    Russia’s economy is struggling. But that won’t bring Putin to the negotiating table for years
  • Europe strikes a deal to phase out Russian natural gas imports by late 2027
  • Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption
  • Crushed by punishing US sanctions, Russia’s Lukoil accepts offer to sell its international business
  • How hard will Trump’s ‘tremendous’ Russian oil sanctions hit Moscow? China and India may decide

Politics

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  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on the day he meets Pope Leo XIV in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, December 9, 2025. REUTERS/Francesco Fotia
    Francesco Fotia/Reuters
    Ukraine presents response to US peace plan as Trump says European leaders want a meeting
  • US charges Ukrainian woman for her alleged role in Russia-backed cyberattacks
  • As Trump states Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, officials say the battlefield situation hasn’t changed significantly
  • Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
  • Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting

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