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When Dasha and the other children emerged from their basement and into their newly occupied village it was for food. They were hiding from the Russians, who had fired shots into the air, at cars -- and at people.

The vicious epicenter of the war in Ukraine now rests in the scorched cities of the east and the south. But the conflict's reverberations are widening in a way that will leave few people on Earth -- from small-town America to poverty-stricken Africa -- untouched.

Experts say there is a design flaw in some Russian tanks that the Ukrainians have been able to exploit. Military analyst Maj. Gen. Paul Eaton explains the "jack-in-the-box" effect.

The Azovstal iron and steel plant went from driving Mariupol's economy and community to becoming its last line of defense. Now, this wall of steel is shielding Ukrainian soldiers and civilians from Russia's onslaught. CNN's Isa Soares reports.

CNN's Nick Paton Walsh speaks with 16-year-old Dasha, who says she was raped by a Russian soldier in her village in Ukraine's Kherson region. CNN cannot independently verify Dasha's story, but Ukrainian prosecutors in the Kherson region said in a statement they had investigated her account.

Approximately $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to the Afghan government over the course of 16 years was left behind in Afghanistan after the US completed its withdrawal from the country in August, according to a congressionally mandated report from the US Department of Defense viewed by CNN.

Vladimir Putin issued a vague threat to countries intervening in Ukraine. Ret. Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges discusses what to make of it and how the US and allies should respond.

A series of unexplained explosions have occurred in parts of Transnistria, a breakaway territory within Moldova that has housed Russian troops for decades, sparking fears that Moscow's war could soon stretch beyond Ukraine and create a new theater of conflict in eastern Europe.

• Russia's threat to retaliate against US-Japan naval exercises shows it's getting jumpy: analysts

In a dramatic escalation of tensions with the West, Russian energy giant Gazprom informed Poland's state-run gas firm PGNiG said that it will "entirely suspend" gas supplies along the Yamal pipeline starting Wednesday morning, PGNiG said in a statement on Tuesday.

Russian state media has released a video of what it says is American Trevor Reed, who has been detained in Russia since 2019, at an airport near Moscow.

It is not just with military might that Russia impacts the world, the country has vast oil and gas reserves. With much of Europe relying on Russian gas, Putin's pipeline diplomacy now has its sights on China.

China is about to embark on a new infrastructure spending spree in a bid to fix an economy nearing breaking point because of Covid lockdowns.

Three teachers from China and a driver have been killed in a suspected suicide bombing near a Chinese language learning center in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi.

A steady flow of people make their way across fields and rivers dotting southern Ukraine's countryside through the day. As night falls, the crowds swell. They travel on foot, by bicycle, or wheelbarrow.

CNN's Anderson Cooper reports on newly released images from Bucha, Ukraine as prosecutor's attempt to build a case of war crimes by Russia.

The fight for the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, which is meant to withstand nuclear blasts, continues as Russian forces close in on the only thing stopping them from conquering the city. CNN's Alex Marquardt reports.

CNN's Clarissa Ward tours the absolute devastation in Kharkiv, Ukraine, after eight weeks of Russian attacks.

Deutsche Bank raised eyebrows earlier this month by becoming the first major bank to forecast a US recession, albeit a "mild" one.

Deutsche Bank predicts a "major recession" in the US, amid high inflation and investor concerns. CNN's Matt Egan reports.

Germany has agreed to deliver anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine, the German Defense Ministry announced on Tuesday, a move that underscores a major shift in its approach to providing military help to Ukraine.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told CNN's Jim Sciutto on Tuesday that the entire "global international security order" put in place after World War II is at stake if Russia gets away "cost-free" following its invasion of Ukraine.

Pictures have emerged of Mariupol residents arriving in Siberia by train. Ukraine says they were forcibly deported, prompting comparisons to an ugly chapter in the history of the Soviet Union, when millions of people were forcibly taken to remote parts of the Union to crack down on dissent. CNN's Scott McLean spoke with Enno Uibo about his own experience as a forced deportee from Estonia to Siberia.

Two months into Moscow's brutal invasion of Ukraine, the United States continues to roll out unprecedented sanctions against a rogues' gallery of Russian oligarchs, including many of the country's most affluent and influential men.

The most chilling takeaway of a new haul of texts showing how former President Donald Trump's inner circle schemed to steal the 2020 election is not the delusional fervor of their plan or the casual way plotters rejected the legitimate will of the American people.

China's authoritarian surveillance state crushed Covid-19 when it first appeared in Wuhan in early 2020 and trumpeted that success to the world. Now, more than two years later, the Omicron variant is running rings around Beijing's zero-Covid strategy -- and apparently nobody in power dare say so.