Russia launches wave of deadly strikes on Kyiv, other Ukrainian cities

The lethal barrage Monday against multiple Ukrainian cities smashed civilian targets, killing at least 11 people and wounding at least 64 others across the country.

Explosion destroys bridge linking Russia to Crimea, damaging key Russian supply route

The bombing came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin turned 70, dealing him a humiliating blow that could lead him to up the ante in his war on Ukraine.

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to human rights activists from Belarus, Russia, Ukraine

The Nobel Peace Prize went to “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy, and peaceful coexistence in the neighbor countries Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine.”

Risk of nuclear 'Armageddon' highest since 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, Biden says

President Joe Biden says the risk of nuclear “Armageddon” is at the highest level since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, as Russian officials speak of the possibility of using tactical nuclear weapons after suffering massive setbacks in the eight-month invasion of Ukraine.

OPEC+ approves sharp cut in oil output; gas prices could rise

OPEC+ said the decision was based on the “uncertainty that surrounds the global economic and oil market outlooks.”

Putin signs treaties annexing Ukraine regions, defying international law

The signing represents a sharp escalation in the seven-month conflict in Ukraine, and it comes after a Russian strike killed 25 people in Ukraine.

Russian attack kills 25 as Kremlin seeks to annex Ukraine regions

The attacks come as Moscow prepares Friday to add four occupied regions. The Kremlin paved the way for the land grabs with “votes,” sometimes at gunpoint, that Ukraine and its Western allies consider a sham.

Hundreds of children from Ukraine stranded in Russian summer camps

The children are ages 9 through 16 and are stranded nearly 600 miles from home. Parents who sent their kids to the camps are now desperately trying to get them back.

Officials: 98,000 Russians cross into Kazakhstan to avoid call-up to fight in Ukraine

People with and without military experience are reportedly being recruited to participate in the ongoing war. Last week, President Vladimir Putin announced a mobilization of reservists to join the fight.

Russian missile almost strikes nuclear plant, Ukraine says

Officials say the impact of the strike didn’t affect the plant's reactors but caused an explosion that broke dozens of windows on buildings in the complex and forced a power plant to shut down briefly.

Blinken makes unannounced trip to Ukraine, unveils $2B in US military aid

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is making an unscheduled visit to Kyiv and unveiling more than $2 billion for Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.

UN inspectors arrive at Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

A U.N. inspection team has arrived at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on a mission to safeguard it from catastrophe.

Daughter of Russian known as 'Putin's brain' killed in car blast

The 29-year-old was the daughter of political theorist Alexander Dugin, a prominent proponent of the “Russian world” concept and a vehement supporter of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.