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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • Images emerged early Monday, April 18 2022, on social media showing Russia's guided-missile cruiser, the Moskva, badly damaged and on fire in the hours before the ship sunk in the Black Sea on Thursday.
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    After years of Russian denials, court accidentally admits Black Sea battleship was sunk by Ukraine
  • Employees work at a thermal power plant damaged by a recent Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in an undisclosed location of Ukraine, November 13, 2025. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    ‘We have to keep people warm’: The Ukrainian energy workers risking their lives as Russia targets critical facilities
  • US President Donald Trump leaves after addressing a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 21, 2026. The World Economic Forum takes place in Davos from January 19 to January 23, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Rinse and Repeat: Western allies ready for next rollercoaster with Donald Trump
  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on January 22, 2026.
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    US, Ukraine and Russia in first trilateral talks of the war
  • U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 21, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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  • Italian Marines prior to an amphibious assault demonstration during the Nordic Response 24 military exercise at sea near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway, on March 10, 2024.
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    The great race for the Arctic: Why Russia, China and the US all have it in their sights
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  • Ukraine’s new defense chief reveals 200,000 soldiers have gone AWOL and 2 million are dodging draft
  • Hundreds of thousands of households in Kyiv are without power after Russian strikes, as temperatures drop well below freezing
  • Russia killed more than 2,500 Ukrainian civilians in 2025, many of them far from the front lines
  • ‘We hope they will give us heat’: Bitter winter cold bites for Kyiv’s residents as Russia steps up attacks
  • Russia strikes western Ukraine with Oreshnik ballistic missile, one of its most advanced weapons
  • What is the Oreshnik ballistic missile fired by Russia into Ukraine?
  • NATO faces a major crisis over Greenland. Europe seems powerless to stop it
  • Russia says any foreign forces in Ukraine would be ‘legitimate targets’, after UK and France pledge troops
  • Trump’s gunboat diplomacy presents peril – and opportunity – for Putin
  • UK and France agree to send troops to Ukraine in event of peace deal with Russia

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    Video New Russian strikes on Ukraine cripple the country’s energy grid 2:38
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    Video Ukrainians struggle to survive without heat and electricity 4:39
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    Video Ukrainians suffer in freezing conditions 3:21
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    Video Woman in Ukraine carries on working after explosion 1:16
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    Video ‘Another cycle of tyranny’ inside Putin’s Russia 11:02
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    Video What is the Oreshnik missile Russia fired into Ukraine? 2:07

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  • Russia’s economy is struggling. But that won’t bring Putin to the negotiating table for years
  • Europe is facing a huge decision on an unprecedented plan to use Russia’s frozen assets to help Ukraine
  • 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

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  • CIA assesses Ukraine was not targeting a Putin residence in drone attack, contrary to Kremlin claim, sources say
  • Video Trump says contested allegation that Ukrainian drone targeted a Putin residence is ‘not good’ 0:43
  • Video Democratic Rep says Trump is ‘the only one that President Putin might listen to’ 7:35
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