What does Putin want in Ukraine? The conflict explained
By Eliza Mackintosh and Rob Picheta, CNN Russia’s multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine has thrust the country into a conflict that many on the…
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Peace in Europe ‘shattered’ as Russia invades Ukraine
By Matthew Chance, Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister, Laura Smith-Spark and Ivana Kottasová, CNN Russia has launched an unprecedented military assault on…
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Air raid sirens are heard across Kyiv, Ukraine. CNN’s Matthew Chance reports on the sirens after hearing explosions near the capital since Russian…
Continue Reading World leaders respond to Ukraine invasion, as fresh sanctions await Russia
By Luke McGee and Nimi Princewill, CNN As the world comes to terms with Russia launching a military attack on Ukraine, attention turns to how the…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolded
CNN’s Matthew Chance in Kyiv, Ukraine, stops his live reporting to put on gear as he and the team hear explosions near the…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine unfolded
By Tim Lister, Tara John and Paul P. Murphy, CNN Russia launched an invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, sending troops into the ex-Soviet nation from…
Continue Reading Russia launches military attack on Ukraine with reports of explosions and troops crossing border
Livestream video shows tanks crossing the Ukrainian border with Belarus as Russia attacks Ukraine. CNN’s Frederik Pleitgen…
Continue Reading Russia launches military attack on Ukraine with reports of explosions and troops crossing border
As blasts are heard across multiple sites in Ukraine, the Russian ambassador tries to justify their military operation on Ukraine during his address…
Continue Reading Russia launches military attack on Ukraine with reports of explosions and troops crossing border
By Nathan Hodge, Tim Lister, Ivana Kottasová and Helen Regan, CNN Russian forces have begun an attack on Ukraine, with reports of troops crossing…
Continue Reading Key Ukrainian government websites hit by series of cyberattacks
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Key Ukrainian government websites were down early Thursday morning local time following a day in which Ukrainian agencies dealt…
Continue Reading US warns full-scale invasion of Ukraine could be imminent
Latvian Prime Minister Arturs Krišjānis Kariņš reveals new information regarding Russian movement in Ukraine’s Donbas region to CNN’s Jim…
Continue Reading US warns full-scale invasion of Ukraine could be imminent
By Katie Bo Lillis, Jim Sciutto, Jeremy Herb, Matthew Chance and Kylie Atwood, CNN The US has issued a warning to the Ukrainian government that the…
Continue Reading Ukraine to bring in state of emergency amid Russia tensions
By Tim Lister, Ivana Kottasová, Nada Bashir and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN A state of emergency is to be introduced across all parts of Ukraine under…
Continue Reading Kenya’s UN ambassador slams Russia and compares Ukraine crisis to Africa’s colonial past
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria shares with CNN’s Don Lemon the surprising source of the best rebuttal to Putin’s logic and demands concerning…
Continue Reading Kenya’s UN ambassador slams Russia and compares Ukraine crisis to Africa’s colonial past
By Amy Woodyatt, CNN Russia’s recognition of two pro-Russian breakaway regions in Ukraine as “independent states” has been…
Continue Reading The latest on the Ukraine-Russia crisis
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Continue Reading February 22, 2022 Ukraine-Russia crisis news
By Maureen Chowdhury, Aditi Sangal, Meg Wagner, Melissa Macaya, Jessie Yeung, Brad Lendon, Rob Picheta and Jeevan Ravindran, CNN The-CNN-Wire™…
Continue Reading February 22, 2022 Ukraine-Russia crisis news
President Joe Biden announced new sanctions against Russia in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin ordering troops into two separatist…
Continue Reading February 22, 2022 Ukraine-Russia crisis news
CNN’s Clarissa Ward reacts to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech on Ukraine, and explains why he “feels so strongly” that the two countries…
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In an onstage conversation at the Munich Security Conference, Christiane Amanpour speaks with Ukrainian President Zelensky about sanctions, Russian…
Continue Reading Debunking the videos Russia used as a pretext to send troops to eastern Ukraine
By Katie Polglase, Gianluca Mezzofiore and Tim Lister, CNN In the course of a day, when Russia carefully choreographed its justification for sending…
Continue Reading Uganda’s proposed new law will see anti-vaxxers face fines or six months in jail
By Nimi Princewill, CNN Uganda has proposed steep penalties for anti-vaxxers in a new bill being studied by parliament, as the country doubles down…
Continue Reading Western nations impose sanctions and cut off key pipeline with Russia after Putin orders troops into Ukraine’s breakaway regions
By Tara John, Tamara Qiblawi and Nada Bashir, CNN Western leaders announced a tranche of sanctions against Moscow after Russian President Vladimir…
Continue Reading Putin’s speech was shocking to many, but not to people in Kyiv
By Ivana Kottasová, CNN The morning after Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that Ukraine had no right to exist as an independent state,…
Continue Reading ‘We are not sure what is going to happen next.’ Donbas evacuees face uncertainty in southern Russia
By Uliana Pavlova, CNN Nikolai Fyodorovich is one of the few men allowed to cross the border into Russia from the self-declared Donetsk…
Continue Reading ‘Exceedingly rare’ fossil of giant flying reptile discovered on Scottish island
By Katie Hunt, CNN Winged reptiles known as pterosaurs — airplane-size creatures that swooped through the skies as dinosaurs walked the Earth…
Continue Reading Putin ratchets up Ukraine grievances in TV broadcast with top security officials
Russian President Vladimir Putin discusses a phone call he had with French President Emmanuel Macron where Macron said that the US position has…
Continue Reading Putin orders troops into pro-Russian regions of eastern Ukraine
By Ivana Kottasová, Tamara Qiblawi and Helen Regan, CNN Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered troops into separatist-held parts of eastern…
Continue Reading White House says Biden has agreed to meet with Putin ‘in principle’ as long as Russia does not invade Ukraine
By Kevin Liptak, Sam Fossum, Arlette Saenz, Tim Lister, Paul Murphy, Ivana Kottasová and Anna Chernova, CNN President Joe Biden has agreed “in…
Continue Reading Shelling and mortar fire are an all-day event near the Ukrainian front line. But the residents won’t leave ‘our motherland’
By Mick Krever, CNN Slovyanskaya Street is being taken apart by war. Not always in the hot drama of shellfire from nearby rebels, but in cold…
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