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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • Lithuanian soldiers secure the area where a NATO fighter jet shot down a drone equipped with an explosive device early on Tuesday morning near Pratkunai village, Lithuania.
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    Poland reinforces border with Ukraine amid growing security concerns across Europe
  • A locomotive damaged in a Russian drone attack on Sunday at Yahodyn railway station near Ukraine's border with Poland.
    Ukrainian Ukrzaliznytsia Railway Company Press Office/AP
    Russia’s drone strike near Ukraine-Poland border puts NATO neighbors on edge
  • A locomotive damaged in a Russian drone attack is seen at Yahodyn railway station near Ukraine's border with Poland, Ukraine, Sunday, on September 13, 2026.
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    Ex-CIA boss was at Ukrainian station when Russian drone struck train
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    Ukraine is fighting Russia anywhere it can – even in the deserts of Africa
  • Smoke rises over the city following a Russian air attack on Kyiv on September 8, 2026.
    Roman Pilipey/AFP via Getty Images
    Even if it’s real, Trump’s new Ukraine push is already being undermined by events
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    Russian drone incursion delayed Zelensky’s departure from Moldova
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  • Russia strikes Ukraine Security Service headquarters in central Kyiv
  • Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt
  • It’s always Shark Week in Putin’s world. That doesn’t bode well for Trump’s Ukraine peace hopes
  • Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport
  • Children go underground as Ukraine starts new school year under constant Russian fire
  • Ukraine racing to develop new interceptors as Russian drones and missiles ravage the country
  • Russian attack on Ukrainian ammunition warehouse triggers waves of blasts, killing 38
  • CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes unannounced visit to Moscow to meet with Russian officials
  • Russia’s infrastructure is being pummeled by Ukrainian strikes. Now Putin wants to seize control of it
  • Britain’s giving Ukraine access to secret missile technology. Will it make a difference?

Videos

  • In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Ukrzaliznytsia Railway Company Press Office, a locomotive damaged in a Russian drone attack is seen at Yahodyn railway station near Ukraine's border with Poland, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 13, 2026. (Ukrainian Ukrzaliznytsia Railway Company Press Office via AP)
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    Video CNN host on train ahead of passenger train hit by Russian strike in Ukraine 2:49
  • <p>At the YES conference in Kyiv, Fareed asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for takeaways from his meeting this week with Trump administration envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.</p>
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    Video On GPS: Zelensky on Witkoff and Kushner’s Ukraine war diplomacy 2:56
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    Video Russia pounds Kyiv one day after visit by US peace envoys 0:42
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    Video Russia conducts rare missile test near disputed islands 1:14
  • Ukrainian-born businessman Vadym Yermolaiev spoke to CNN’s Chief Global Affairs Correspondent, Matthew Chance, in his first interview since surviving the powerful blast in June.
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    Video Exclusive: CNN speaks to target of Monaco bombing 5:37
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    Video Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for elections 1:12
  • <p>CNN's Nick Paton Walsh gets the first access to hi-tech US interceptor launchers, sitting idle in Ukraine, despite a Russian ballistic barrage, because of global ammo shortage</p>
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    Video Ukraine’s Patriots air defense sit empty 2:52
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    Video Russian e-commerce giant’s warehouse on fire 0:31

Business

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  • Goodzone shopping mall in Moscow, Russia, on April 23, 2026.
    Maksim Kataev/CNN
    What a deserted mall in Moscow says about Russia’s economic woes
  • An employee inspects processing and refining structures in the Duna oil refinery on May 24, 2022 in Szazhalombatta, Hungary. MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Plc is a multinational Hungarian oil and gas company headquartered in Budapest, Hungary. The Duna (Danube) Oil Refinery at Szazhalombatta, near Budapest is one of the biggest refineries in the Eastern-Central region of Europe where Russian oil arrives to Hungary via the Friendship (Druzhba) oil pipeline.
    Janos Kummer/Getty Images
    By buying Russia’s oil, Hungary is fueling the Kremlin’s war machine – and enriching foundations linked to Orbán
  • View of El Palito refinery in Puerto Cabello, Carabobo state, Venezuela.
    Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images
    Venezuelan oil is key to Trump’s Russia plan. There’s a problem with that
  • Americans are expected to spend $11 billion less on at the gas pump than they did in 2025, according to GasBuddy.
    Brandon Bell/Getty Images/File
    Despite Venezuela, forecasters say 2026 will be the cheapest year for gas since Covid
  • 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

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives to lay a wreath during a ceremony at the Unknown Tomb in Moscow, on June 22, 2026.
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    US intel assesses Putin could launch attack aimed at testing NATO unity
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    Video Sen. Blumenthal: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is ‘ready for peace talks’ to end the war 1:03
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    Video Mike Pence: Graham’s ‘clarity’ and ‘vision’ at times moved Trump on issues, including Ukraine 4:00
  • Guests await the beginning of a news conference with then-Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at the Department of Energy headquarters to announce a breakthrough in fusion research on December 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. The officials announced that experiments at the National Ignition Facility at the LLNL achieved 'ignition,' where the fusion energy generated equals the laser energy that started the reaction for the first time ever, a major advancement that may produce bountiful clean energy in the future. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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    New warnings that Russian operatives are targeting the emails of US nuclear scientists and defense contractors
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin holds a meeting with members of the government via video link at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia July 8, 2026.
    Gavriil Grigorov/Pool/Sputnik/Reuters
    Senators unveil sweeping Russia sanctions bill, urge passage in honor of Graham

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