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A drone view shows the open pit mine of Zavallievsky Graphite, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zavallia, Ukraine, February 10.

What we do and don’t know about Trump’s ‘very big deal’ on Ukraine’s mineral resources

Ivana Kottasová, CNN February 26, 2025

(CNN) — The United States and Ukraine are trying to hammer out a natural resources agreement that would give Washington access to Kyiv’s untapped mineral riches in exchange for investments and what...

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky gives a press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on February 19.

Zelensky says Trump lives in ‘disinformation space’

(CNN) — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Donald Trump of repeating disinformation, a day after the US president falsely accused Ukraine of starting the war with Russia. Zelensky’s...

President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start immediately after holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 12.

Trump, after speaking with Putin, says negotiations to end Ukraine war will start ‘immediately’

Kaitlan Collins and Kevin Liptak, CNN February 12, 2025

(CNN) —President Donald Trump said negotiations to end the Ukraine war will start immediately after holding a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning. The call, which is the...

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth meets with British Defence Secretary John Healey, on the eve of a NATO defence ministers' meeting at the alliance's headquarters in Brussels, Belgium February 12.

Hegseth rules out NATO membership for Ukraine and says Europe must be responsible for country’s security

Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN February 12, 2025

Brussels (CNN) — US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday that the war between Ukraine and Russia “must end,” that Kyiv joining NATO is unrealistic and that the US will no longer...

Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California on August 13, 2024.

Russia fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Hanna Ziady and Anna Chernova October 31, 2024

London (CNN) — Russia is seeking an unfathomable sum of money from one of the world’s biggest tech companies. Google reportedly owes the Kremlin more than 2 undecillion rubles — a 2 followed by...

How some of the biggest right-wing social media stars became unwitting mouthpieces of Russian propaganda

Hadas Gold, CNN September 7, 2024

CNN — They’re not on any of the major television networks, but they have millions of viewers. Now, the Justice Department is alleging that some of the biggest stars in right-wing social media were, unwittingly,...

Russian missile strikes near Zelensky and Greek PM’s convoy in Odesa

CNN -- A Russian missile that killed five people in the Black Sea port city of Odesa on Wednesday landed just 500 meters from a convoy carrying Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky...

Russia and Ukraine exchange air attacks after sinking of Russian warship

Rob Picheta, Olga Voitovych, Seb Shukla, CNN February 15, 2024

CNN -- Russia and Ukraine exchanged air attacks on Thursday, with Moscow targeting cities across Ukraine and Kyiv striking the Russian border city of Belgorod, one day after Kyiv...

Only five bodies delivered to Belgorod morgue after mysterious Russian plane crash, Ukrainian intelligence suggests

CNN -- Ukraine says it has intelligence suggesting only five bodies were delivered from the crash site of a Russian military transport plane to a nearby morgue, a Ukraine military intelligence official...

US citizen detained in Russia on alleged drug charges, Moscow court says

Anna Chernova, Rob Picheta, CNN January 16, 2024

CNN -- A US citizen has been arrested in Moscow on drug-related charges, according to an official statement released Tuesday. The citizen, named as Robert Woodland, is accused of preparing and attempting...

Intercepted calls from the front lines in Ukraine show a growing number of Russian soldiers want out

Erika Kinetz, AP News November 27, 2023

In audio intercepts from the front lines in Ukraine, Russian soldiers speak in shorthand of 200s to mean dead, 300s to mean wounded. The urge to flee has become common enough that they also talk of 500s...

Armored train carrying North Korea’s Kim Jong Un crosses into Russia ahead of Putin meeting

CNN — Kim Jong Un’s heavily armored private train has crossed into Russia and the North Korean leader has met with officials, state media reported Tuesday, ahead of an expected and closely watched...