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Burger King is trying to suspend its operations in Russia, but that's proving difficult. A business partner controlling 800 restaurants has "refused" to close them, the company said.

Acclaimed Ukrainian actress Oksana Shvets has been killed in a Russian rocket attack on a residential building in Kyiv.

CNN's Scott McLean reports from the ground in Lviv, Ukraine, where Ukraine's armed forces say Russia launched six missiles towards an aircraft repair plant.

CNN's Erin Burnett speaks with Countess Alexandra Tolstoy, the former partner to Russian oligarch Sergei Pugachev, about partner's relationship with Vladimir Putin.

Western leaders and security agencies are spending huge amounts of resources on getting into Russian President Vladimir Putin's head. It's a futile exercise -- at times when the West has thought Russia's war in Ukraine might be losing steam, Putin has doubled down, sending his forces to bomb maternity hospitals and shelters harboring children.

Ukraine civilians are under increasing attack, with the Russian armed forces targeting homes, hospitals, and non-military infrastructure. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen looks at why Ukrainian civilians keep ending up in Russia's crosshairs.

The sprawling billion-dollar palace that sits on a hilltop overlooking the Black Sea is seen by some Kremlin critics as the ultimate emblem of Russian President Vladimir Putin's legacy of corruption.

Retired US Air Force Col. Cedric Leighton says Russia may use ships stationed at Vladivostok and move them through the Pacific Ocean to try and replenish their military force fighting in Ukraine.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reacts to Russia's claim that they are not targeting civilian and residential buildings.

Last week, a drone flew more than 350 miles beyond Ukraine's western border before crashing in Croatia, a NATO member country. The drone was carrying a bomb, Croatian officials said, and it's still not clear whether it belonged to Ukrainian or Russian forces.

Russia is barreling toward a default on its foreign debt payments, threatening to plunge its economy deeper into crisis.

People sheltering in a theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol are emerging from the building after it was bombed, the former head of the Donetsk region said Thursday.

A Moscow court announced it has extended the arrest of American basketball star Brittney Griner until May 19, according to Russian state news agency TASS.

China is quietly distancing itself from Russia's sanction-hit economy.

Of all the surprises that President Vladimir Putin has encountered since he invaded Ukraine last month, perhaps the biggest has been that Russia is yet to gain air superiority.

President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "war criminal" on Wednesday as Russia intensifies its attack on Ukraine.

Russian President Vladimir Putin lashed out at "traitors" in a speech as his invasion stalls in Ukraine. Ex-KGB agent Jack Barsky discusses Putin's speech.

The world is shocked by the violence in Ukrainian cities besieged by Russian forces, as they suffer under indiscriminate mortar, bomb and missile attacks. But these horrors could lead to something far worse -- escalation to nuclear war. If we are going to avoid this ultimate catastrophe, we need to work urgently for the elimination of all nuclear weapons.

On a regular day, they're lawyers, software engineers and blacksmiths. But this week, they donned military fatigues, fired assault rifles at numbered targets, and marched long distances in full military gear -- all to prepare for a possible attack by China's military.

Another day of horrific civilian carnage in Ukraine underscored the desperate need for a ceasefire -- and explained why an end to the barbaric war may still be far away.

In a televised address, Russian president Vladimir Putin condemned Russians with the Western mindset.

CNN's Donie O'Sullivan reports on hackers and activists trying to break through Putin's digital iron curtain after Russia shut down Twitter and Facebook in the country.

Serhiy Perebyinis describes to CNN's Erin Burnett the moment he found out that his wife and two children had been killed after recognizing them in a graphic photo on Twitter.

Ukrainians face an increasingly desperate situation on the ground as Russian forces hit the capital and fresh targets across the country, despite both nations acknowledging signs of progress in ongoing negotiations.

The chairman of Ukrainian Railways has said that the Polish, Czech and Slovenian Prime Ministers, who traveled by train for a Tuesday meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv, took a "strong step" to show support for his war-torn country, albeit a "naïve" one.

A theater where hundreds of people had taken shelter in Mariupol was bombed on Wednesday, according to local authorities, as hundreds of thousands of people remain trapped in the coastal Ukrainian city that has been encircled for weeks by Russian forces.

The road between Kherson and Mykolaiv is sparse and ghostly. Civilians flee at high speed in one direction, as vans of grimacing troops head the other way.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced an additional $800 million in security assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday, a White House official told CNN, bringing the total to $1 billion announced in just the last week.

At least 10 people queueing for bread were killed when Russian forces shelled the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, according to the head of the regional administration. Video geolocated by CNN from Telegram shows the aftermath of the attack.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian charity worker who has been held in Iran for almost six years, has been released and is at Tehran airport "on her way home," UK Member of Parliament Tulip Siddiq told CNN on Wednesday.

A tsunami warning was issued by Japanese officials Wednesday following a 7.3-magnitude earthquake that hit off the coast of Fukushima prefecture, where a 2011 quake caused a disaster at a nuclear power plant.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky played a graphic video showing the devastation of Ukraine during his speech to the US Congress.

A war-weary Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky, speaking from his office in Kyiv, called on the United States to do more to protect his country and people in a dramatic address to American lawmakers Wednesday.

Rarely in modern times has a political leader matched his moment so bravely.

Harsh sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine are fueling a moment of deep uncertainty for financial markets. And while the full effects of efforts to punish the world's 11th biggest economy remain unknown, a crucial moment has arrived.

A quick glance of the military capabilities of Ukraine and Russia shows a David versus Goliath battle. On paper, Russia's armed forced forces have thousands more troops, weapons and vehicles -- with a staggering military budget to boot.

CCTV footage shows the moment a residential building in Kyiv was attacked by Russian forces.

In a year when all Xi Jinping craved was for things to be stable, 2022 is shaping up to be anything but.