Lviv, Ukraine CNN  —  The Russian army’s performance in Ukraine has been less than impressive according to Western intelligence assessments – and that viewpoint is gaining ground among some in…

CNN  —  After almost three months of intense bombardment, thousands of reported deaths and countless tales of horror and starvation, the battle for the city of Mariupol is nearing its…

CNN  —  Every day, hundreds, or even thousands, of people are trying to flee the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in southern Ukraine, gathering up whatever they can cram into their…

CNN  —  Finland’s government announced Sunday it will apply to join NATO, ditching decades of wartime neutrality and ignoring Russian threats of possible retaliation as the Nordic country attempts to…

Kharkiv, Ukraine CNN  —  As she fetched drinking water for her family on a sunny but cold afternoon in late February, Margarita Kiriukhina tried to ignore the booms and thuds…

CNN  —  It is just 46 acres of rock and grass with no fresh water (and no snakes either), but Snake Island in the Black Sea has taken on a…