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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 Zelenskiy waits to welcome Cyprus' President Nikos Christodoulides, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 4, 2025. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
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    Live Updates Zelensky to meet European leaders as Trump accuses him of not reading US proposal to end war
  • French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukraine s President Volodymyr Zelensky pictured during a press conference at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France on December 1, 2025.
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    Zelensky to huddle with European leaders in London as Kremlin praises Trump’s new security strategy
  • President Donald Trump, center, speaking to members of the media during his arrival with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, at the Kennedy Center for the 2026 FIFA World Cup draw, Friday, Dec. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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    Live Updates December 7, 2025 — Trump administration news, Kennedy Center Honors
  • 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
  • Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is seen during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 6, 2024.
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    Swing-district Republican sounds alarm over GOP’s affordability agenda: ‘Doing nothing is not an option’
  • 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)
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    Ukraine peace talks in Miami end with lingering questions over security guarantees and territory
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  • Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace deal end without breakthrough, Putin aide says
  • Fact check: Trump delivers long list of false claims at Cabinet meeting
  • 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

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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

Business

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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

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    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
  • Video ‘Embarrassing’: Republican lawmaker blasts Trump’s Ukraine peace plan 3:13

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