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President Joe Biden's apparently unplanned remarks suggesting that Russian President Vladimir Putin should not be in power complicate the pursuit of a goal that US and allied leaders likely favor, but which had been better left unspoken.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports from near Irpin, Ukraine, where heavy fighting has produced devastating destruction.

CNN's Zain Asher speaks with Dmytro, a former IT leader who is now defending his city of Chernihiv, Ukraine, against the Russian armed forces.

President Joe Biden is weighing releasing a record amount of oil from US reserves as high gas prices continue to persist.

President Joe Biden may invoke the Defense Production Act as soon as this week to spur domestic production of critical minerals needed to manufacture batteries for electric vehicles and long-term storage, according to a source familiar with the discussions.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has "initiated disciplinary proceedings" against actor Will Smith over his actions at Sunday's Oscars, the group announced on Wednesday.

CNN's Matthew Chance takes a look at the career of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the parallels of a number of wars Russia has been involved in the past and the war in Ukraine today.

CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Volodymyr Demchenko, a Ukrainian filmmaker and soldier, about what he is seeing on the ground amid Russia's claims of scaling back forces.

Bruce Willis is suffering from a medical condition that is affecting his cognitive abilities and will be taking a break from acting, his family shared Wednesday.

Hopes of an early breakthrough in war-ravaged Ukraine were fading Wednesday as Russian forces continued to pound the cities of Kyiv and Chernihiv, a day after Moscow said it would "drastically reduce" its military assault there.

A delegation of Ukrainian lawmakers visiting Washington, DC, on Wednesday said they believe Russia is just using peace talks with Ukraine as a "smokescreen" for their forces to regroup and re-strategize in Ukraine.

President Joe Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Wednesday as airstrikes near Kyiv seemed to bear out Western skepticism that peace talks could ease Russia's assault on Ukraine.

Christiane Amanpour reports from Brovary on the outskirts of Kyiv, the subject of ongoing bombardments despite Russia's pledges of de-escalation.

"Lithuania stands for us. Latvia stands for us." In a video speech to European Union leaders on Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky listed the countries that have shown solidarity with his people. Then he came to Hungary, and his tone changed. "Hungary.... I want to stop here and be honest. Once and for all. You have to decide for yourself who you are with. Listen, Viktor, do you know what's going on in Mariupol?"

President Volodymyr Zelensky has made repeated calls on Western countries to "close the skies" over Ukraine since Russia's invasion. See how much it would increase safety for civilians, and why Zelensky continues to ask for a no-fly zone, despite the West's repeated refusals to grant one.

In a new interview published Tuesday, former President Donald Trump called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to release any damaging information he has about the Biden family, in a brazen request for domestic political assistance from America's top adversary.

CNN's Ivan Watson speaks with a woman whose family survived the bombing of a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine, amid the Russian invasion of the country.

A Justice Department investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities has gained steam in recent months, with a flurry of witnesses providing testimony to federal investigators and more expected to provide interviews in the coming weeks, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

Russia insisted for weeks when massing more than 100,000 troops on Ukraine's borders that it had no plans to invade. Then it did. So it's not surprising that deep skepticism greeted its Tuesday announcement of a scaled-back offensive.

CCTV footage captured the moment a Russian missile struck the regional administration building in Mykolaiv, Ukraine.

President Joe Biden and other American officials voiced extreme caution Tuesday at signals Russia is scaling back its military operations near Kyiv, suggesting they were waiting to see stronger signs of de-escalation before making an assessment of Moscow's intentions.

Ukrainian Parliament member Lesia Vasylenko talks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about life in Kyiv as Ukrainian forces resist Russian military forces.

The top US general in Europe said Tuesday there "could be" a gap in US intelligence gathering that caused the US to overestimate Russia's capability and underestimate Ukraine's defensive abilities before Russia attacked Ukraine.

Russia is beginning to withdraw some forces from the area around the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv in what the US assesses as a major strategy shift by Moscow, two senior US officials tell CNN.

When the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers met in Turkey just 19 days ago, the atmosphere was toxic -- and neither side got far beyond restating existing positions.

Puck Washington correspondent Julia Ioffe and former US ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor react to reports that Russian forces have pulled back from two Ukrainian cities.

US troops in Poland have been providing Ukrainians with some instruction on how to use the weapons the West has been shipping into Ukraine, sources familiar with the matter tell CNN.

In the weeks since Russia invaded Ukraine, Moscow has continued to ship natural gas westward and Europe has used the energy to power industry and heat homes. That may be about to change.

UK police will issue 20 fines for breaches of Covid-19 laws after revelations of a series of parties held at Downing Street while rest of the country was living under strict pandemic lockdowns.

Citizens of Mariupol, Ukraine, are returning to their homes to see what is left after attacks from Russia devastated their city.

A Singapore court on Tuesday rejected a final appeal by a man sentenced to death for drug trafficking, following a campaign by his lawyers who said the trial violated international laws as the man has intellectual disabilities.

Lviv, Ukraine — When there was a knock on Yulia Olkhovska's front door at 5:30 a.m., she knew who would be waiting for her in the pre-dawn darkness outside. But she was still terrified.