Zelenskyy visits Snake Island to mark war milestone; Russian strikes continue
Ukrainian forces recently began a counteroffensive to take back Russian-controlled territory in the east and south of the country.
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Ukrainian forces recently began a counteroffensive to take back Russian-controlled territory in the east and south of the country.
Many U.S. allies have banned cluster munitions, but there is evidence that both Russia and Ukraine have used them on the battlefield.
The Biden administration has decided to provide cluster munitions to Ukraine for the war against Russia, even though the United Nations urges the warring countries to avoid using them.
The rebellion leader's whereabouts have been unclear since his brief uprising, but pro-Kremlin media are showing photos purportedly from his raided mansion.
The Biden administration is expected to include controversial cluster munitions for Ukraine in a weapons assistance package on Friday, according to U.S. officials.
With Russia's Vladimir Putin holding territory in Ukraine, America's Baltic allies are having "nightmares" about NATO unity - and American leadership.
Ukrainian officials report the biggest attack to date on civilians in Lviv as the threat mounts for residents near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Cluster munitions carry dozens of smaller bomblets that disperse when detonated and have been banned by more than 100 countries.
Ukraine's president claims Russian forces "placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" at the sprawling nuclear facility.
Xi Jinping urged the leaders of Russia, Iran and other Shanghai Cooperation Organization states to boost ties and resist sanctions.
Rights groups say Elena Milashina was "savagely kicked" and threatened with a gun to her head as she went to cover a funeral.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that fierce clashes continued in three areas in Donetsk where it said Russia attempted to advance.
The former vice president and Republican presidential candidate toured Russian attack sites with Zelenskyy.
Ukraine's national security chief says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is "owned by" Russian military officers, and "the wheels are in motion for Putin's demise."
Officials say three children were among those killed by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, as the Kremlin tries to project control after Wagner's "rebellion."
The Biden administration is committing another $500 million for a security assistance package that includes more than three dozen armored vehicles as the counteroffensive plods forward.
Thousands of convicts agreed to serve on the front lines of Russia's war in Ukraine in exchange for their freedom. Now they're coming home.
"We had nothing to do with it. This was part of a struggle within the Russian system," President Biden said of the Wagner mercenary group's uprising in Russia.
Russian state TV showed the country's minister of defense meeting troops as the Kremlin appeared keen to put a brief "rebellion" quickly behind.
The conversation came after Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin had ordered his troops to march toward Moscow, threatening to overthrow Russia's military leadership.
Wagner chief's Yevgeny Prigozhin's armed rebellion casts doubt on whether Putin controls the Russian military, the House Intelligence chair said.
Wagner forces had been moving north toward Moscow, a U.S. official confirmed to CBS News on Saturday.
Ukrainian soldiers leading the "very intense" counteroffensive say they "pray to God for more ammunition, weapons and men."
The latest bulletin from British military intelligence on the Ukraine war says Russia appears to be training combat dolphins in occupied Crimea.
Evan Gershkovich, 31, was arrested in March and accused by Russia's federal security service of spying for the U.S. government, which he and his employer vehemently deny.