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International Criminal Court issues arrest warrant for Putin over Ukraine war crimes

By Mike Corder, Raf Casert, Associated Press

The International Criminal Court says it has issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Putin for war crimes because of his alleged involvement in abductions of children from Ukraine.

China’s Xi Jinping to meet Putin as nation seeks more global role

By Karl Ritter, Associated Press

Chinese President Xi Jinping is planning to visit Russia next week in a diplomatic boost for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian missile attack kills 6, leaves hundreds of thousands without power

By Hanna Arhirova, Elena Becatoros, Associated Press

The attacks Thursday killed six people, left hundreds of thousands without heat or electricity, and knocked a nuclear plant off the power grid for hours.

Russia claims Ukraine crossing border in sabotage attacks, Kyiv denies

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Russian officials say Ukrainian saboteurs have crossed into western Russia and attacked villages there.

WATCH: Pentagon reports no evidence of weapons lost to fraud in Ukraine

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

The Pentagon's inspector general says his office has found no evidence yet that any of the billions of dollars in weapons and aid to Ukraine has been lost to corruption or diverted into the wrong hands.

As drones hit Russia, Putin orders officials to strengthen border between Ukraine and Russia

By Susie Blann, Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered officials to tighten control of the border with Ukraine after a spate of drone attacks that Russian authorities blamed on Kyiv.

Here’s how much aid the U.S. has sent to Ukraine

By Jonathan Masters, Will Merrow, Council on Foreign Relations

The historic sums are helping a broad set of Ukrainian people and institutions, including refugees, law enforcement, and independent radio broadcasters, though most of the aid has been military-related.

Where relations between U.S. and Russia stand a year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn

As Russia's invasion of Ukraine marks one year and Putin announces his country will suspend participation in the New START Treaty, where does that leave U.S.-Russia relations? Rose Gottemoeller, the chief U.S. negotiator for the treaty during the Obama administration,…

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Putin suspends Russian involvement in nuclear arms pact over Ukraine tensions

By Associated Press

Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin also said that Russia should stand ready to resume nuclear weapons tests if the U.S. does so, a move that would end a global ban on nuclear weapons tests in place since the end…

Moscow downplays significance of Biden’s surprise visit to Ukraine

By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press

Russian officials and state media have downplayed President Joe Biden's surprise visit to Ukraine, painting Kyiv as a U.S. puppet and maintaining Moscow's forces will prevail despite Washington's pledges to send more weapons to Ukraine.