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Russian invasion of Ukraine

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

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  • A Starlink satellite internet system is set up near the frontline town of Bakhmut, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, in March 2023.
    Lisi Niesner/Reuters/File
    Ukrainian Defense Ministry says Starlink terminals used by Russia in Ukraine are ‘cut off’
  • (Left to right) Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua, who all signed up to fight for Russia.
    Courtesy Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua family
    ‘You escape, or you die’: African men say Russia duped them into fighting in Ukraine
  • NO USE RUSSIA. NO USE BELARUS.
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ukrinform/Shutterstock (16446385af)
Soldiers from the Striletskyi special forces police battalion of the National Police in Zaporizhzhia region operate a Ukrainian 2S22 Bohdana 155 mm self-propelled howitzer to strike Russian manpower and equipment in the Pokrovsky direction, Donetsk region, Ukraine, January 23, 2026.
Ukrainian artillery soldiers in action in Donetsk region, Ukraine - 23 Jan 2026
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    Ukraine’s strategy is to kill 50,000 Russian soldiers a month. A sign of confidence or an indicator of weakness?
  • 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
  • The SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California, on June 5, 2025.
    Daniel Cole/Reuters
    SpaceX counters Russia’s ‘unauthorized’ use of Starlink to guide drones in Ukraine
  • In one of the strikes, a bus transporting miners after their shift was targeted, according to Ukrainian officials.
    State Emergency Service of Ukraine
    Russian drone strike on bus in Ukraine kills 12 miners
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  • After years of Russian denials, court accidentally admits Black Sea battleship was sunk by Ukraine
  • ‘We have to keep people warm’: The Ukrainian energy workers risking their lives as Russia targets critical facilities
  • Rinse and Repeat: Western allies ready for next rollercoaster with Donald Trump
  • US, Ukraine and Russia in first trilateral talks of the war
  • The great race for the Arctic: Why Russia, China and the US all have it in their sights
  • Trump is crossing red lines. Why doesn’t Europe push him back?
  • Progress toward peace in Ukraine was unlikely before Trump’s Davos rant. Now it looks all but impossible
  • The dramatic, and unusual, Oval Office moments from the first year of Trump 2.0
  • Bonfires, dancing, pets: How Ukrainians are staying warm during the toughest winter in years
  • Meet the guy tracking illicit oil tankers from his rooftop

Videos

  • Charles Njoki, Patrick Kwoba and Francis Ndarua who all signed up to fight for Russia.
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    Video The African men lured to fight for Russia in Ukraine 4:35
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    Video Trump’s week included marking his one year of second term and a critical itinerary in Davos 4:23
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    Video New Russian strikes on Ukraine cripple the country’s energy grid 2:38
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    Video Ukrainian surgeon shows how hospital operates during blackout 1:05
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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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    Andriy Sadovyi, Mayor of Lviv
    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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  • 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 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

Politics

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  • Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a signing ceremony at the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow on November 12.
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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
  • Takeaways from Trump’s meeting with Zelensky in Florida
  • Zelensky and Trump to meet in Florida after weeks of intensive peace talks

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