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Putin visits Crimea to mark the anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine

11:33am March 18, 2023

by The Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Black Sea peninsula to mark the ninth anniversary of its annexation from Ukraine. Russia's move in 2014 was denounced as illegal by most of the world.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks to a regional governor via videoconference at the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Russia, on Oct. 21, 2022. The International Criminal Court said Friday it has issued an arrest warrant for Putin and his children's rights commissioner for possible war crimes.

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The International Criminal Court issues an arrest warrant for Putin

7:32pm March 17, 2023

by International Desk

The ICC has issued warrants for the Russian president and his children's rights commissioner for alleged war crimes involving accusations that Russia has forcibly taken Ukrainian children.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin pose for a photo on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, on Sept. 15, 2022.

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China leader Xi Jinping to visit Moscow in show of support for Vladimir Putin

4:50am March 17, 2023

by The Associated Press

Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba that Beijing is concerned about the year-old conflict spinning out of control and urged talks on a political solution.

A Russian Su-27 fighter jet releases fuel as it approaches the rear of a U.S. Air Force MQ-9, in what the Pentagon says was "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept" over the Black Sea.

The U.S. military releases footage of Black Sea drone crash with Russian jet

5:02pm March 16, 2023

by Emily Olson

The 42-second video comes two days after the Pentagon accused a Russian aircraft of colliding with an uncrewed MQ-9 Reaper drone. The Kremlin has denied that it intentionally downed the vehicle.

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MIG-29 fighter jets of the Polish Air Force take part in a NATO shielding exercise at the Lask Air Base on Oct. 12, 2022, in Lask, Poland.

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Poland will send fighter jets to Ukraine, the first NATO country to do so

1:36pm March 16, 2023

Ukraine has long sought fighter jets, though these are old Soviet-made MiG-29s and not the more advanced Western warplanes that Kyiv covets.

An MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft flies by during a training mission at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada on Nov. 17, 2015.

Russian fighter jet forces down U.S. military drone over Black Sea, U.S. says

8:54pm March 14, 2023

by Greg Myre

The Russians claim the U.S. drone crashed on its own. Either way, it appears to be the most serious incident involving the U.S. and Russian militaries in the volatile region in and around Ukraine.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to Iowa voters during an event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on March 10, 2023 in Des Moines, Iowa.

Ron DeSantis says backing Ukraine is not in the U.S. interest, a sign of a GOP divided

2:17pm March 14, 2023

by Franco Ordoñez

Gov. Ron DeSantis is opposed to U.S. support for Ukraine in its war with Russia. So is former President Donald Trump. The issue seems poised to become a flashpoint in the 2024 presidential race.

Ukrainian Emergency Service rescuers work on a building damaged by shelling in Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Tuesday. The attack happened hours before a Russian fighter jet collided with a U.S. drone over the Black Sea.

The U.S. said a Russian fighter jet hit American drone over Black Sea

1:35pm March 14, 2023

by The Associated Press

The U.S. military said a Russian fighter jet conducting "an unsafe and unprofessional intercept" struck the propeller of a U.S. drone over the Black Sea, causing U.S. forces to bring it down.

Ukrainian military personnel receive training on German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks at a Spanish army training center in Zaragoza, Spain, on Monday.

Latest in Ukraine: Expectations are growing for China's Xi Jinping to visit Russia

11:47am March 13, 2023

by NPR Staff

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, pictured here in October, has operated with emergency power sources six times since Russia's offensive started.

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Ukraine's top nuclear plant lost power for the sixth time. Is disaster imminent?

1:37pm March 09, 2023

by Emily Olson

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station was among the Ukrainian structures damaged by a barrage of Russian missiles on Wednesday. Though power has been restored, the threat of nuclear meltdown remains.