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CNN  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a heartfelt attraction to lawmakers in Brussels on Thursday to permit his nation to turn out to be a part of the European Union, insisting that Europe is Ukraine’s “home.” Throughout an handle to the European Parliament, Zelensky mentioned his nation and the …

An international workforce of investigators stated Wednesday it discovered sturdy indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin permitted the availability of heavy anti-aircraft weapons to Ukrainian separatists who shot down Malaysia Airways flight MH17 in 2014 with a Russian missile. Nevertheless, members of …

Kherson, Ukraine CNN  —  Gone are the acres of jubilant crowds that crammed Freedom Sq. with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags that swayed like heads of wheat when the Russians were driven out. Now the crack-crunch of Russian artillery consuming into the town echoes across the plaza. The harvest of …

Editor’s Notice: Editor’s Notice: A model of this story appeared in CNN’s In the meantime in China e-newsletter, a three-times-a-week replace exploring what you want to know concerning the nation’s rise and the way it impacts the world. Sign up here. Hong Kong CNN  —  When Antony Blinken makes an …

Kramatorsk, Ukraine CNN  —  Russia is bringing its struggle in opposition to Ukraine nearer to the economic cities of Donetsk with a sequence of missile strikes in opposition to densely populated areas. On Thursday, two S-300 missiles have been fired on the heart of the town of Kramatorsk, touchdown a …

CNN  —  Russia’s mass mobilization, looming offensive and missile-borne terror in opposition to civilians is triggering recent requires even larger Western deadly support to Ukraine, days after leaders signed off on their newest package deal that included the first tanks. A constructing public debate over whether to send F-16 fighter …

Krasnohorivka, Ukraine CNN  —  Within the city of Krasnohorivka, grim Soviet-era residence buildings stand practically however not fairly empty, with only some residents remaining. Blocks on the southern edges of city are burned shells, home windows shattered and awnings dangling within the winter breeze. Homes are largely shuttered; their tenants …

CNN  —  Content material warning: This story incorporates descriptions of violence towards kids and pictures viewers could discover disturbing. Bhone Tayza had been impatient to begin faculty. A damaged arm had saved the 7-year-old house whereas the opposite youngsters started their classes, however now that his solid was off, he …

Oslo, Norway CNN  —  A former Wagner mercenary says the brutality he witnessed in Ukraine finally pushed him to defect, in an unique CNN interview on Monday. Wagner fighters had been typically despatched into battle with little route, and the corporate’s remedy of reluctant recruits was ruthless, Andrei Medvedev informed …

CNN  —  Two years in the past, Moscow eyed a US-German standoff over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as a litmus check of transatlantic energy. Russia had invested closely within the 750-mile undersea pipeline linking it to Germany and needed to extend world gross sales and ramp up financial …

Editor’s Observe: David A. Andelman, a contributor to CNN, twice winner of the Deadline Membership Award, is a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor, writer of “A Red Line in the Sand: Diplomacy, Strategy, and the History of Wars That Might Still Happen” and blogs at Andelman Unleashed. He …

CNN  —  Olesya Krivtsova sports activities an anti-Putin tattoo on one ankle and a bracelet that tracks her each transfer on the opposite. The 19-year-old from Russia’s Arkhangelsk area should put on the system whereas she is underneath home arrest after she was charged over social media posts that authorities …