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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkey's President following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 19, 2025. Zelensky said he wants to reinvigorate frozen peace talks, which have faltered after several rounds of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul this year failed to yield a breakthrough. Moscow has not agreed to a ceasefire and instead kept advancing on the front and bombarding Ukrainian cities. (Photo by Ozan KOSE / AFP) (Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)
    Ozan Kose/AFP/Getty Images
    Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory
  • A Charlotte Area Transit System light rail arrives at a station, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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    Suspect arrested in stabbing on the same Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed
  • Emergency personnel watch as people inspect the damage to the radiation containment shield of Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl site following a February 14 drone strike in Chernobyl, Ukraine.
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    Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says
  • US President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2025.
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    Live Updates December 5, 2025 — Trump administration news, boat strikes and Ukraine talks
  • President Donald Trump attends a "Rose Garden Club" lunch with Senate Republicans in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, DC, on October 21, 2025.
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    Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images
    Live Updates December 4, 2025 — Trump administration news, scrutiny over strikes on alleged drug boats
  • The daughter of former President Jacob Zuma, Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla attends the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) press conference at the party's headquarters in Durban on 28 November 2025. A daughter of South Africa's ex-president Jacob Zuma has resigned from parliament after claims she was involved in recruiting men to join Russian mercenaries in the Ukraine war, her party said Friday. 
Police last week said they were investigating allegations that Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, an MP in her father's Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) party, had lured 17 South African men to Russia "to fight in the Ukrainian war without their knowledge or consent". (Photo by RAJESH JANTILAL / AFP via Getty Images)
    Rajesh Jantilal/AFP/Getty Images
    The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
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  • Russia claims to have captured key city of Pokrovsk, as Ukraine dismisses Moscow’s ‘loud statements’ ahead of Witkoff talks
  • Trump turns to unconventional negotiating team heading to Russia in push for Ukraine peace deal
  • After ‘progress’ in talks to end Ukraine war, US diplomacy faces Kremlin test
  • Trump says there’s a ‘good chance’ a deal can be reached to end the war after US-Ukraine talks in Florida
  • Russia launches largest aerial assault on Ukraine in a month as Kyiv delegation heads for US peace talks
  • Zelensky dismissed his right-hand man. Is he weaker or stronger now?
  • Zelensky’s top aide and key peace negotiator resigns after anti-corruption raid of his home
  • Orbán meets Putin in Moscow to shore up Hungary’s energy supplies, making use of Trump exemption
  • Zuma’s daughter quits South Africa parliament over Russia recruitment allegations
  • Analysis: Ukraine’s Zelensky faces hideous choice between bad deal and no deal

Videos

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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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    Video Daily life grinds to a halt for Ukrainians facing blackouts and drone strikes 1:44
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    Video Trump expresses confidence in Russia-Ukraine deal following Rubio and Witkoff talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida 0:38
  • Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (R) and Head of the Office of the Presidency of Ukraine Andriy Yermak (L) during their meeting at the Zarzuela Palace in Madrid on November 18, 2025.
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    Video Simon Shuster analyzes corruption probe and Zelensky’s ‘blind spot’ 1:43
  • FILE PHOTO: Head of the Presidential Office Andriy Yermak looks on, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2024. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich/File Photo
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    Video Top Zelensky adviser resigns after anti-corruption raid 1:54
  • <p>World Sports Amanda Davies catches up with Ukraine’s Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi </p>
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    Video One-on-one with Ukraine’s Sports Minister 4:52
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    Video Leaked call ‘emphasizes how Witkoff is trying to help Russia,’ says former Ukrainian FM 12:41

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  • Filter separators at the Gazprom PJSC Slavyanskaya compressor station, the starting point of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, in Ust-Luga, Russia, on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021. Nord Stream 2 is a 1,230-kilometer (764-mile) gas pipeline that will double the capacity of the existing undersea route from Russian fields to Europe -- the original Nord Stream -- which opened in 2011. Photographer: Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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    Europe strikes a deal to phase out Russian natural gas imports by late 2027
  • 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
  • Trump’s sanctions target Russian ‘war ATM,’ but the real test is enforcement
  • Trump’s challenge: Hurting Putin without harming Americans at the gas pump

Politics

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  • President Donald Trump attends a cabinet meeting at the White House on Tuesday.
    Brian Snyder/Reuters
    Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting
  • Video Trump expresses confidence in Russia-Ukraine deal following Rubio and Witkoff talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida 0:38
  • Trump brushes off concerns about Witkoff’s interactions with Russians as leaked transcript roils Washington
  • Can Trump break the vicious cycle that prolongs the war in Ukraine?
  • How Trump’s ‘drone guy’ became central to the US effort to end the Ukraine war

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