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July 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM

Years later, key figures in Russia investigation face new scrutiny

The Justice Department appeared to acknowledge in an unusual statement this week the existence of investigations into former FBI Director James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan
July 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with African leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 9, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
July 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM

Rubio will meet Russian foreign minister in Malaysia with Ukraine tensions high

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet his Russian counterpart in Malaysia for what could be a testy conversation as tensions between the countries rise over Moscow's increasing attacks on Ukraine
July 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi attends ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with China at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centrein Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thursday, July 10, 2025. (Hasnoor Hussain/Pool Photo via AP)
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM

11 injured as Russia attacks Ukraine with hundreds of drones

Eleven people, including two children, were injured in the Kharkiv area, officials said.
July 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Saturday, July 5, 2025.
July 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM

Ukraine says it struck Russian airbase as Russia sent hundreds of drones into Ukraine

Ukraine said Saturday it struck a Russian airbase in the Voronezh region
July 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
People hide in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian drones attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, early hours Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM

Russia hammers Kyiv in largest missile and drone barrage since war in Ukraine began

Russia launched 550 drones and missiles across Ukraine overnight in the largest aerial assault since the war began
July 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Firefighters work at a destroyed apartment building after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
1 month ago

15 dead in massive overnight Russian attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says

A massive overnight Russian strike on Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, killed 15 people and wounded at least 177 others, Ukrainian officials said.
1 month ago
Ukrainian rescuers conduct a search and rescue work in a heavily damaged residential building following the Russian missile strike in Kyiv on June 17, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
1 month ago

Zelenskyy demands 'action from America' after latest Russian drone, missile attack

Kyiv and Odesa were among the cities struck overnight into Tuesday morning amid another night of intense airstrikes.
1 month ago
An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv, Ukraine, during a Russian drone strike on June 10, 2025.
1 month ago

Russia responds to drone attack with fierce assault on Kharkiv, killing more than 40

The Russian barrage in Ukraine's second largest city targeted residential high-rises and destroyed a government building.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Russia responds to drone attack with fierce assault on Kharkiv, killing more than 40
1 month ago

Trump says he had 'good' call with Putin but peace not 'immediate'

Trump said he and Putin discussed Ukraine's large-scale drone operation that targeted Russian military airfields on Sunday and "various other attacks."
1 month ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, June 4, 2025 and President Donald Trump in Washington, May 30, 2025.
1 month ago

As Ukraine and Russia step up attacks, the Trump administration steps back: ANALYSIS

Ukrainian staged a daring drone strike just before a new round of peace talks.
1 month ago
Smoke rises above the area following what local authorities called a drone attack on a military unit in the Sredny settlement, in the Usolsky district of the Irkutsk region, Russia, in this still image from a video published June 1, 2025.
1 month ago

Daring, highly-coordinated Ukrainian drone strikes shock Russia

In a daring military operation named 'Operation Spider Web, ' Ukraine taking out an estimated 30% of Russia's strategic bombers with drones launched from what look like shipping containers.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Daring, highly-coordinated Ukrainian drone strikes shock Russia
1 month ago

Ukraine strikes back, attacking Russian airfields

These drone attacks come as leaders from Russia and Ukraine are expected to return to the table for a second round of peace talks.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Ukraine strikes back, attacking Russian airfields
1 month ago

Ukraine targets Russian airfields in drone attack

Ukrainian drones and missiles targeted four Russian military airfields across the country, destroying some of its nuclear-capable bomber fleet on the ground.
1 month ago
VIDEO: Ukraine targets Russian airfields in drone attack
2 months ago

Zelenskyy says new data shows that Russia is preparing new offensive operations

Ukrainian intelligence and open-source data show Russian President Vladimir Putin does not "plan to end the war," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday.
2 months ago
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks to journalists during a news conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 13, 2025.
2 months ago

Trump rebukes Putin, calling Russian leader "crazy" after Ukraine bombardment

Pres. Trump also marked Memorial Day by honoring the fallen at Arlington National Cemetery.
2 months ago
Trump rebukes Putin, calling Russian leader "crazy" after Ukraine bombardment
2 months ago

Trump says Ukraine-Russia peace 'not going to happen' without Putin meet

Ukrainian and Russian representatives will meet in Istanbul, Turkey, on Thursday, for their first meeting since the opening weeks of Moscow's 3-year-old invasion.
2 months ago
A local resident looks at destroyed Russian military vehicles displayed at Saint Michael's Square in Kyiv, May 14, 2025
3 months ago

Trump says he wants a Russia-Ukraine deal in '2 weeks or less'

President Donald Trump told reporters on Sunday he wants to see a deal between Russia and Ukraine "in two weeks or less."
3 months ago
President Donald Trump arrives at Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, N.J., April 26, 2025, upon returning from a trip to attend the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican.
3 months ago

149 Russian drones launched into Ukraine

Russia’s attacks happened just hours after President Donald Trump met with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy at Pope Francis' funeral.
3 months ago
VIDEO: 149 Russian drones launched into Ukraine
3 months ago

Teen among 3 killed in Russian drone strike on Ukraine, officials say

The injured included a 9-month-old girl, along with two boys aged 6 and 11, he said.
3 months ago
The wreckage of cars sit at the site of a Russian mass drone attack at a location given as Dnipro, Ukraine, in this handout photo released April 17, 2025.
4 months ago

Zelenskyy claims Russia violated partial ceasefire after energy facility damaged

Russian forces injured five people, damaged homes and a gas pipeline in attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson overnight on Wednesday.
4 months ago
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a press conference in Paris, Mar. 27, 2025.
4 months ago

Russia and Ukraine agree to limit attacks and halt strikes in Black Sea

Russia and Ukraine have agreed to limit their attacks, and halt strikes in the Black Sea, according to the White House, but uncertainty remains.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Russia and Ukraine agree to limit attacks and halt strikes in Black Sea
4 months ago

Putin offers conditional support for US-backed ceasefire plan with Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed in principle to a United States-backed proposal for a 30-day ceasefire on Thursday. However, during a press briefing, Putin said only with conditions.
4 months ago
VIDEO: Putin offers conditional support for US-backed ceasefire plan with Ukraine
4 months ago

Putin demands Kursk total victory ahead of Moscow talks with Trump envoy

Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a command center in Kursk on Wednesday, ordering troops there to "destroy" all Ukrainian formations.
4 months ago
In this image taken from handout footage released by the Kremlin on March 12, 2025, Russia's President Vladimir Putin visits a command point for the Kursk group of troops involved in the counteroffensive in the Kursk region.
4 months ago

Lukashenko admits Ukrainian support for Zelenskyy despite Trump-Putin attacks

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko -- a close ally of President Vladimir Putin -- warned that the Kremlin "will never" accept a European deployment to Ukraine.
4 months ago
Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko speaks at a press conference after casting his vote in the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Jan. 26, 2025.
5 months ago

Trump says he trusts Russia's Putin wants peace with Ukraine

One day after his 90-minute phone call with Vladimir Putin, Trump said Russia can be trusted when it comes to the war in Ukraine, and that Ukraine will have a seat at the negotiating table.
5 months ago
VIDEO: Trump says he trusts Russia's Putin wants peace with Ukraine
5 months ago

American teacher detained in Russia returns to US, meets Trump

Marc Fogel, 63, who had been held in Russia since 2021 after being arrested on drug charges, was met by President Donald Trump at the White House after returning to U.S. soil.
5 months ago
VIDEO: American teacher detained in Russia returns to US, meets Trump
6 months ago

NATO allies unsettled by alleged Russian Baltic Sea sabotage scramble to respond

A spate of alleged sabotage operations against undersea cables in the Baltic Sea has raised the prospect of a dangerous 2025 in NATO's northern theater.
6 months ago
A photo taken on Dec. 28, 2024 off Porkkalanniemi, Finland, shows the Eagle S (C) tanker with Finnish border guard ship Uisko (L) and tugboat Ukko (front R).
7 months ago

Russia launches 110 attack drones into Ukraine

A drone hit a residential building in the western city of Ternopil, killing at least one person and injuring three others, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
7 months ago
Russia launches 110 attack drones into Ukraine
8 months ago

Russia launches massive aerial attack against Ukraine's energy grid

ABC News Chief Foreign Correspondent Ian Pannell reports on Russia launching nearly 200 missiles and drones into Ukraine, sending more than a million households into darkness.
8 months ago
VIDEO: Russia launches massive aerial attack against Ukraine's energy grid
10 months ago

Russia threatens to retaliate after US sanctions on 2024 election disinformation

The Department of Justice announced a series of indictments and sanctions after Russia’s efforts to influence the 2024 presidential election with disinformation.
10 months ago
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1 year ago

Ukraine claims its incursion has pushed 21 miles into Russia

The country's security service released a video showing what it says is the capture of more than 100 Russian soldiers. President Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine took control of the town Sudzha.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Ukraine claims its incursion has pushed 21 miles into Russia
1 year ago

Former US Ambassador to Russia on latest Ukraine military activity in Russia

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks to former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John J. Sullivan about the latest developments in the war between Russia and Ukraine.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Former US Ambassador to Russia on latest Ukraine military activity in Russia
1 year ago

Ukraine conducts major attacks on Russian airfields

More than 200,000 Russian civilians have been ordered to evacuate their homes. Russia promises an "all-out offensive" in retaliation as thousands of Ukrainian troops cross the border.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Ukraine conducts major attacks on Russian airfields
1 year ago

Russian chess player accused of poison plot during championship

A Russian chess player has been suspended from participating in all competitions after being accused of trying to poison her opponent's pieces, officials have announced.
1 year ago
A chess board is seen here in an undated stock photo.
1 year ago

Ukraine launches attack into Russia, marking biggest incursion since war began

Ukraine has launched a major attack with Ukrainian troops into Russia, in what appears to be the most serious incursion into the country since Moscow's invasion began.
1 year ago
A serviceman of 24th Mechanized brigade named after King Danylo of the Ukrainian Armed Forces runs on the street at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk region, Ukraine, Aug. 6, 2024.
1 year ago

Trump lashes out at Biden over historic prisoner exchange with Russia

Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan's imprisonment in Russia became an attacking point by the former president against the current administration.
1 year ago
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump speaks at a rally on July 31, 2024 in Harrisburg, Pa.
1 year ago

'I'm glad I'm home. I'm never going back there again,' says Paul Whelan

Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva deplaned just before 4:30 a.m. eastern at Joint Base San Antonio, officially marking the start of their next chapter.
1 year ago
Former prisoner released by Russia, former US marine Paul Whelan looks on after landing at Joint Base San Antonio-Kelly Field, Texas, on August 2, 2024. Journalist Evan Gershkovich and fellow prisoners released by Russia landed in the United States late August 1, as part of an extraordinary swap deal struck between Washington and Moscow. A plane carrying Gershkovich, former US marine Paul Whelan, and journalist Alsu Kurmasheva landed at around 11:40 pm (0340 GMT) at Joint Base Andrews near Washington, where President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were waiting to greet them.
1 year ago

Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska

ABC News senior Pentagon reporter Luis Martinez has the details on the interception.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Chinese, Russian military planes intercepted near Alaska
1 year ago

WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich's Russian espionage trial resumes

Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is expected on Thursday to appear in court in Russia, as espionage trial continues.
1 year ago
US journalist Evan Gershkovich, accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court on June 26, 2024.
1 year ago

Russia will try to influence 2024 election to boost a past preferred candidate: US

Russia will attempt to influence the election in favor of a past preferred candidate, officials say
1 year ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during the award ceremony as he awards the Order of St. Andrew to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his contributions to the relations between the two countries in Moscow, Russia July 09, 2024.
1 year ago

Fusion GPS founders 'horrified' Steele Dossier was published

Fusion GPS's founders Peter Fritsch and Glenn Simpson say there have been conspiracy theories made about them.
1 year ago
President Donald Trump hosts a roundtable discussion on the MS-13 gang with law enforcement officials inside the Cabinet Room of the White House, Feb. 6, 2018, in Washington.
1 year ago

Children's hospital in Kyiv struck in Russian missile attacks

ABC News’ Ian Pannell has the latest on the Russian missiles hitting Ukraine, one day before President Joe Biden is set to host a NATO summit in Washington, D.C.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Russia launches missiles at Ukrainian cities
1 year ago

Russia and North Korea strike alliance

The two nations' leaders, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un, pledged mutual support against foreign aggression.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Russia and North Korea strike alliance
1 year ago

2 years after pushing Russia back, Kharkiv faces barrage of attacks

ABC News' Patrick Reevell looks at the situation in Kharkiv, with many refusing to leave their homes despite multiple attacks from Russian forces.
1 year ago
VIDEO: 2 years after pushing Russia back, Kharkiv faces barrage of attacks
1 year ago

WSJ reporter Gershkovich's trial to begin June 26, Russian court says

The first hearing in the espionage trial of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been scheduled for June 26 in Russia.
1 year ago
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Dec. 14, 2023.
1 year ago

Fleet of Russian warships reaches Cuban waters

Two U.S. officials confirmed that three U.S. Navy destroyers, a Coast Guard cutter, and Navy P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft shadowed the Russian flotilla on its way to Cuba.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Fleet of Russian warships reaches Cuban waters
1 year ago

Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of drone strikes

The two countries at war are accusing each other of the three drone strikes on the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of drone strikes
1 year ago

Putin extends rule in state-managed election victory

Russian President Vladimir Putin extended his rule until at least 2030 in a heavily stage-managed election.
1 year ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a concert marking his victory in a presidential election and the 10-year anniversary of Crimea's annexation by Russia on Red Square in Moscow, March 18, 2024.
1 year ago

Final day of voting in Russia's presidential election

Thousands are protesting Vladimir Putin's rule as he gets set for his fifth term as president following a landslide re-election. ABC News' Lama Hasan reports.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

Navalny’s death leaves 'irreplaceable' hole in Russian opposition

ABC News’ Patrick Reevell spoke with supporters of Alexei Navalny and key opposition figures, as Russia prepares for elections that will likely keep President Vladimir Putin in power for a fifth term.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Navalny’s death leaves 'irreplaceable' hole in Russian opposition