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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky give a press conference following his meeting with Dutch Prime Minister in Middelburg on April 16, 2026.
    Robin Van Lonkhhuijsen/AFP/ANP/Getty Images
    Zelensky returns Poland’s highest honor amid escalating row over nationalist wartime unit
  • Service members with the Unmanned Systems Forces prepare mid-range strike drones for a launch from an undisclosed location in Ukraine.
    Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters
    No fuel, no weapons: How Ukraine’s new drone strategy is mauling Russian supply lines
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    How Ukraine broke through Russia’s air defenses
  • A Ukrainian drone attack struck Moscow's oil refinery in the southeastern Kapotnya district on Thursday June 18, 2026.
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    Ukraine launches largest attack on Moscow since start of full-scale war
  • Elena Vladimirovna, 56, who was home when drone struck her apartment in Zelenograd.
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    Ukraine’s deadly strikes are bringing the war home to Russians, and discontent is bubbling up
  • Firefighters work at a site of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery, which burns after it was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine June 15, 2026.
    Ukrainian Culture Ministry/Handout/Reuters
    Ukraine’s historic Kyiv Pechersk Lavra monastery set on fire in major Russian attack
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  • Denmark says soccer star Christian Eriksen ‘conscious’ after collapsing on field again in match
  • Putin rebuffs Zelensky’s call for face-to-face talks, saying there is ‘no point’
  • Ukraine targets St. Petersburg in what Russia calls an ‘unprecedented’ attack
  • House approves Ukraine aid and Russian sanctions, defying Trump and GOP leaders
  • Steven Seagal, Candace Owens and Trump’s ballroom commissioner appear at Russia’s top economic forum
  • Russia ramps up aerial attacks as it struggles on the ground in Ukraine
  • Ukrainian drones strike St. Petersburg, hours before ‘Putin’s Davos’ opens
  • Russia slams key Ukrainian cities in one of deadliest offensives in months
  • Marta Kostyuk dedicates historic French Open quarterfinal win to ‘the ​Ukrainian people’
  • Crimea short of fuel as Ukraine expands attacks on Russian oil facilities

Videos

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    Video Ukraine targets Moscow refinery twice in a week as global leaders meet 0:40
  • <p>Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky is greeted by French President Emmanuel Macron at the G7 in Évian-les-Bains, France. </p>
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    Video Zelensky is greeted by the French President at the G7 0:39
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    Video War is coming home to Russia’s biggest cities 1:37
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    Video Ukraine hit by large-scale Russian attacks 0:39
  • <p>Russian President Vladimir Putin is running out of time to win his war against Ukraine, amid stalemate on the battlefield and growing troubles at home, according to Estonia’s head of foreign intelligence, Kaupo Rosin. In an interview with CNN in the Estonian capital, Rosin said that within the next four to five months, Putin "may not be able to negotiate from a position of a strength anymore," because "time is not in Russia's favor."</p>
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    Video Estonia’s spy chief tells CNN the Kremlin’s mindset on Ukraine is changing 2:30
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    Video Attack on Russian drone pilot training camp kills at least 66, Ukraine says 1:05
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    Video CNN crew witnesses drones attacking key road in Ukraine 2:20
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    Video On eastern Ukraine’s ‘Road of Life,’ death-delivering drones hunt for targets 7:40

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

Politics

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  • A house is on fire after a Ukrainian drone attack in the village of Subbotino, Naro-Fominsk District, in the Moscow region, Russia, on May 17, 2026.
    Moscow regional Governor Andrei Vorobyov/Reuters
    Russia is losing in Ukraine. Xi has noticed — Trump should too
  • Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky delivers a video address to senators and members of the House of Representatives gathered in the Capitol Visitor Center Congressional Auditorium at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on March 16.
    Sarah Silbiger/Reuters
    GOP centrists defy Trump and force future House vote on major Russian sanctions bill
  • President Donald Trump speaks as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Vice President JD Vance listen in the Oval Office at the White House, Thursday, April 23, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
    Mark Schiefelbein/AP/File
    Trump dismisses Prince Harry’s comments on Ukraine ahead of royal visit
  • Ukraine's Ambassador to the U.S., Olga Stefanishyna, holds a briefing on the fourth anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine at the Ukrainian embassy in Washington, D.C., on February 24, 2026.
    Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters
    US warned Ukraine’s ambassador over strikes on Black Sea oil target
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