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![Former President Donald Trump speaks at Trump Tower in New York City on May 31.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/240531123211-former-president-donald-trump-speaks-at-trump-tower-in-new-york-city-on-may-31.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill)
Fact check: Trump’s post-conviction monologue was filled with false claims
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The US allows Ukraine to use its weapons to strike inside Russia, but it is unlikely to be a game-changer
![President Joe Biden during the 156th National Memorial Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday, May 27.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/c-ap24148598489590.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill)
Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons
![China’s Minister of National Defense Adm. Dong Jun, left, and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/dong-jun-lloyed-austin-split-053124.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill)
US and Chinese defense chiefs hold first in-person talks since 2022
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Russia opens a new front: Mapping three key battles in the Ukrainian war
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Survivors say Russia is waging a war of sexual violence in occupied areas of Ukraine. Men are often the victims
![A specimen of SCALP missile inside the MBDA factory in Bourges, central France, on March 20, 2023.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/gettyimages-1248859354.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill)
France and Germany say Ukraine should be able to use their weapons to strike inside Russia
![Ukrainian troops use camouflage netting to hide an American-supplied Abrams tank in eastern Ukraine.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/20240527-dscf8794.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_438,w_780,c_fill)
Soldiers in Ukraine say US-supplied tanks have made them targets for Russian strikes
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Woman in wheelchair killed by Russian forces while evacuating border town, Ukrainian prosecutors say
May 22, 2024
![Deputy US Ambassador to the UN Robert Wood addresses the Security Council at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on May 20.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/c-2024-05-20t152145z-1753496888-rc2fu7atyx7t-rtrmadp-3-ukraine-crisis-un.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_144,w_256,c_fill)
US assesses Russia likely launched a counter space weapon last week
May 21, 2024
![<p>CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh shows how a Ukrainian drone team works tirelessly to send explosive payloads into Russian territory.</p>
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May 21, 2024
‘No panic… no one is running away.’ Residents of Kharkiv defy threat of Russia’s advancing forces
May 19, 2024
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VIDEOS
![Christiane Amanpour interviews Latvian President Edgars Rinkēvičs](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/240527184216-amanpour-edgars-rinkevics.jpg?c=16x9&q=h_144,w_256,c_fill)
Video Latvian President: ‘No reason’ to prevent Ukraine from striking Russia 13:02
May 27, 2024
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Video 10-year-old boy describes missile attack that killed his parents 2:29
May 27, 2024
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Video CNN witnesses Ukrainian soldiers being treated after blast hits dugout 2:04
May 27, 2024
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Video Putin’s military purge 2:53
May 25, 2024