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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff speaks with Jared Kushner at Teterboro Airport, New Jersey, on July 13, 2025.
    Kevin Lamarque/Reuters/File
    Trump envoys Witkoff and Kushner plan to visit Moscow and Kyiv in their first trip to Ukraine
  • Firefighters work at a site of a building of the headquarters of Ukraine's SBU security service after a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 4, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
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    Russia strikes Ukraine Security Service headquarters in central Kyiv
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    Russian general accused of masterminding the attack against Kyiv’s children’s hospital injured in assassination attempt
  • In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with the media after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek on September 1, 2026. (Photo by Vyacheslav PROKOFYEV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
    Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP/Getty Images
    It’s always Shark Week in Putin’s world. That doesn’t bode well for Trump’s Ukraine peace hopes
  • LEIPZIG, GERMANY - AUGUST 5: Police investigators work on the tarmac with a robot that is capable, amongst other things, of defusing explosives, near to Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 5, 2026 near Leipzig, Germany. Airport workers reportedly discovered a drone yesterday on the tarmac near an Antonov at the airport that was equipped with an explosives detonator and an unidentified substance. Additionally, a DHL cargo plane that took off from the airport late last night collided with a small object, causing minor damage. (Photo by Jens Schlueter/Getty Images)
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    Germany blames Russia for drone attack on Leipzig airport
  • First-graders have their first day of the new academic year inside school shelter during Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine September 1, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
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    Children go underground as Ukraine starts new school year under constant Russian fire
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  • Zelensky vows response after Russian strike on shopping mall kills 16
  • North Korea boosts support for Russia to include drone operators, Ukraine says
  • Huge Russian strikes on Kyiv leave 17 dead as attacks spill over to Romanian and Moldovan territory
  • She tried to blow up a millionaire in Monaco. Days later, she was dead
  • Call for wartime elections in Ukraine piles pressure on Zelensky when he least needs it
  • Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address
  • Top Russian economist replaced after warning of economic costs of Ukraine war
  • Russian court jails Kremlin critic for 11 years for opposing the war in Ukraine
  • Exclusive: Ukraine reveals its Achilles’ heel to CNN as Patriot missile launchers run dry
  • Russia and Ukraine have stepped up their aerial war. Civilians are paying the price

Videos

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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 Zelensky tells CNN: ‘I need some time with my family’ once war with Russia ends 2:09
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    Video Zelensky speaks to CNN in Kyiv about recent surge of Russian ballistic attacks and the need for more interceptors missiles 5:48
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    Video Reported Ukrainian drone crashes into Russian beach 0:37

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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  • Director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Ratcliffe attends a Cabinet Meeting at Camp Davaid, the presidential retreat, on July 31 in Camp David, Maryland.
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    CIA Director John Ratcliffe makes unannounced visit to Moscow to meet with Russian officials
  • 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

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