Russian court sets Brittney Griner appeal date for Oct. 25
A Russian court has set a date for American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
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A Russian court has set a date for American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a rally to celebrate the annexation of portions of Ukraine. However, none of the territories are under full Russian military control, and Putin's forces have been retreating. Charlie D'Agata has more.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a signing ceremony Friday to officially annex four Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine in spite of global criticism. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports and CBS News anchors Nikki Battiste and Elaine Quijano speaks with Anatol Lieven, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about what this means for the war moving forward.
Pro-Moscow officials say that residents in all four occupied areas of Ukraine voted to join Russia.
Russia is conducting a heavily orchestrated vote on annexing occupied territory in Ukraine, while Vladimir Putin renews his threat of nuclear weapons. CBS News' Lana Zak and Lilia Luciano speak with Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya about the concern of nuclear weapons and what Ukraine needs amid the ongoing war.
The Defense Ministry said about 300,000 people would be summoned to active duty, but the order left a door open to many more getting called into service.
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President Biden and Western allies are accusing Russian President Vladimir Putin of targeting Ukrainian civilians as Moscow announces it is mobilizing 300,000 members of its military reserves. Retired Rear Adm. John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council, joined CBS News to discuss.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a partial mobilization of his military reserves and warned the West not to come to Ukraine's aid. CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green to discuss this latest escalation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the mobilization of up to 300,000 military reservists. CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina explained the impact this will have on the war in Ukraine.
In a televised address, Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to use nuclear weapons as he escalates his invasion of Ukraine. Putin said he would be mobilizing at least 300,000 military reservists to fight. BBC News correspondent Hugo Bachega joined CBS News from Kyiv to talk more about the rising tensions in the region.
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President Biden met at the White House on Friday with the families of WNBA star Brittney Griner and Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, both of whom remain jailed in Russia.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Thursday at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Uzbekistan. CBS News anchors Errol Barnett and Jericka Duncan spoke with Charles Edel, Australia chair at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, about the significance of the meeting.
Ukrainian officials said they've gained over 2,300 square miles of territory from Russian forces in their counteroffensive. CBS News anchors Errol Barnett and Lilia Luciano spoke with retired Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges, a former commanding officer for the U.S. Army in Europe and a senior adviser for Human Rights First, about whether this means an endgame is in sight.
The State Department says Russia has covertly tried to influence politicians and other officials in more than two dozen countries.
Ukrainian forces are pushing a counteroffensive in the country's east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict.
The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog says the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine was disconnected to its last external power line.
Ukraine's president says Russian forces have launched a rocket attack on a train station in central Ukraine on the country's Independence Day, killing at least 22 people and wounding about 50.
The U.S. is sending nearly $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine as the country marks six months since the Russian invasion. CBS News foreign policy and national security contributor and former U.S. national security adviser H.R. McMaster joined Anne-Marie Green and Errol Barnett to discuss the new aid package and the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
Russian intelligence is blaming Ukraine after a deadly car bombing outside Moscow over the weekend killed the daughter of a key adviser to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Ukraine is denying responsibility for the attack. Tony Dokoupil and Lana Zak discussed with CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina.
Daria Dugina's killing was "prepared and perpetrated by the Ukrainian special services," Russia's top counterintelligence agency alleges.
A car bomb in Moscow killed the daughter of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, officials said Sunday. Meanwhile, Ukraine warns of a possible "nasty" attack from Russia in the week ahead. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from Kyiv.
Russian authorities say the daughter of a nationalist ideologist who is often referred to as "Putin's brain" died in a car explosion on the outskirts of Moscow.
Bakhmut has for weeks been a key target of Moscow's eastern offensive as the Russian military tries to complete a monthslong campaign.