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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski, one of the released Belarusian prisoners, smiles surrounded by his supporters as he arrives at the US Embassy in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Saturday.
    Mindaugas Kulbis/AP
    Belarus frees Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski, opposition figure Kolesnikova as US lifts sanctions
  • Communal workers clean debris in the courtyard of damaged buildings following an air attack in Odesa on December 13, 2025, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
    Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP/Getty Images
    More than a million without power in Ukraine regions after intense Russian strikes
  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un embraces a soldier during a welcoming ceremony for members of the 528th Engineer Regiment after they returned from an overseas mission, at the April 25 Cultural and Tourism Center in Pyongyang, North Korea on December 12, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on December 13, 2025.
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    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un hails troops returning from Russia
  • President Donald Trump listens during a roundtable discussion with business leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Live Updates December 12, 2025 — GOP unveils latest health care proposal, US ramps up pressure on Venezuela
  • European Union flags flutter outside the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium July 16, 2025.
    Yves Herman/Reuters
    EU indefinitely freezes Russian assets so Hungary and Slovakia can’t veto their use for Ukraine
  • Mark Rutte called on European countries to increase their defense spending.
    Michael Kappeler/picture-alliance/dpa/AP
    NATO chief warns European allies they could be Russia’s next target
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  • As Trump states Ukraine is losing the war with Russia, officials say the battlefield situation hasn’t changed significantly
  • The widening rift between Trump and Europe is a gift to Putin
  • Zelensky says Ukraine will refuse to concede territory to Russia as peace talks press on
  • Suspect arrested in stabbing on the same Charlotte light rail line where Ukrainian refugee was killed
  • Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
  • Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory
  • Chernobyl protective shield can no longer confine radiation after drone strike, UN nuclear watchdog says
  • The daughter of South Africa’s former leader has been accused of luring men to fight for Russia. Here’s what we know
  • Putin vows Russia will seize Donbas region by any means, as Ukrainians prepare for more peace talks with US
  • UK Novichok report concludes Putin ordered poisoning of Russian double agent

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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
  • 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
  • Trump’s sanctions target Russian ‘war ATM,’ but the real test is enforcement

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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
  • Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting
  • Trump turns to unconventional negotiating team heading to Russia in push for Ukraine peace deal
  • Video Trump expresses confidence in Russia-Ukraine deal following Rubio and Witkoff talks with Ukrainian officials in Florida 0:38

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