Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict

Ukraine has rejected a Russian offer to evacuate its troops from the besieged city and Russian bombardment continues. One 77-year-old who fled to Poland from Mariupol says 90% of the city has been destroyed.

Russia-Ukraine war: Civilian casualties grow amid shelling

Russian forces largely bogged down outside major cities in Ukraine have turned to shelling them from a distance, including dozens of confirmed attacks on health facilities during the war that on Thursday entered its fourth week.

Russian lawmaker demands return of Alaska, California's Fort Ross

A Russian lawmaker made an outlandish demand over the weekend that the United States return Alaska and a historic settlement in California, in addition to paying reparations to Russia over crippling American-led sanctions that have put Moscow's economy in a tailspin. 

Michigan congressmembers react to Volodymyr Zelenskyy's address pleading for help

"I don’t believe we should be negotiating our national security on the front page of the papers," Dingell said. "Two, when you look at that truck convoy, I had the same reaction everybody did, why aren't we bombing it. But I don’t want boots on the ground in Ukraine and I don’t want a war with Russia."