Russia-Ukraine Conflict

The basketball star, who has been jailed in Russia since February, was classified by the State Department as "wrongfully detained" earlier this month.

People travel from all over the world to attend the carnival-like atmosphere that comes with the Eurovision Song Contest, which has a viewership of 183 million.

The response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a delicate issue for members of the region’s 10-country alliance with deep ties to Moscow.

The latest setback for the Kremlin comes as the Russian military struggles to take full control of Mariupol while being hit by Ukrainian counterattacks in the northeast.

The requests say that while the networks may have “rightfully implemented graphic content policies to protect their users,” an archive is necessary for potential war crimes trials.

The defense ministry shared images that appeared to show dozens of destroyed or damaged armored vehicles on both banks of the Siverskyi Donets River.

The Nordic nation is expected to be given rapid accession to join the Western military alliance in what would be a major setback for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s forces had pushed invading troops out of 4 villages near Kharkiv in the northeast and back toward the Russian border.

RuTube, designed as a Kremlin-friendly counterpart to YouTube, came back online Wednesday afternoon after it went dark Monday.

Whatever happens in Ukraine, said Ben Wallace, "Russia is a lesser country now than it was before this invasion."

Neither side would likely accept a political settlement that included conceding Ukrainian territory seized by Russia, experts say.