Ukrainian drones targeted St Petersburg on Sunday, Russian authorities said, forcing the airport to close for five hours as Vladimir Putin marked Russia’s Navy Day in the city, despite the earlier ...

Still, Putin acknowledged the "special military operation'' he refuses to call a war "could be a lengthy process.” Putin dismissed concerns that he would use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, calling ...

Putin appears at massive Moscow rally, praises Russian military: LIVE UPDATES. Russian President Vladimir Putin appeared Friday at a massive rally in Moscow as his invasion of Ukraine continues.

Putin has said the nuclear weapons would be sent in July and remain under Russian control. CIA warned Ukraine in June 2022 not to attack Nord Stream pipelines, report says ...

Live updates on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. ABC News. Video. Live. Shows. Shop. ... The attack began Feb. 24, when Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a "special military operation." ...

It could be a reference to the regional war Putin initiated in 2022. Russia does not directly refer to its invasion of Ukraine as a war, instead usually calling it “a special military operation ...

He said the Russian military operation aims to ensure a “demilitarization” of Ukraine. Putin said all Ukrainian servicemen who lay down arms will be able to safely leave the zone of combat.

Putin announced overnight on Feb. 24 that his country would launch a military operation in eastern Ukraine as the United Nations Security Council convened an emergency meeting to discuss Moscow ...

Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, in a move Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a "war against the whole of Europe." The US, EU and UK have imposed economic sanctions on Russia ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus and a close ally of Putin's, said Thursday that troops from his country could be used in further Russian military operations in Ukraine if necessary ...

On Thursday morning, Putin ordered the invasion, calling it a “special military operation.” But as explosions echoed, Ukraine officials described the Russian aggression for what it really was.