Russia launches missiles across Ukraine, cements gains in east
Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman said late Saturday that Russian and Moscow-backed separatist forces now control Sievierodonetsk and the villages surrounding it.
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Russia's Defense Ministry spokesman said late Saturday that Russian and Moscow-backed separatist forces now control Sievierodonetsk and the villages surrounding it.
Sophia Sapega, a Russian citizen, said she would appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene.
The Senate also voted to ban all oil imports and energy products from Russia.
Russian and Belarusian citizens who currently reside in their home country have been banned from participating in the Boston Marathon. CBS Boston's Zinnia Maldonado reports.
Russia has started a series of military drills in Belarus, raising fears they are a pretense for a Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Imtiaz Tyab spoke with Ukraine's secretary of national security, who said an invasion is too big a risk for Russian President Vladimir Putin. He also interviews an American who has lived in Ukraine for over 20 years and has no plans to leave.
European Union leaders claim Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko engineered a deadly migrant crisis at the border with Poland by encouraging desperate migrants from Syria, Iraq and other war-torn countries to enter Europe in retaliation for recent sanctions. Senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from the Poland-Belarus border.
Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met for the second time Thursday in Belarus. Like earlier talks, no breakthrough towards peace was made. CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina joins us from Moscow with more on the meeting and how the Russian people are responding to the war.
Many world leaders are condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine and G7 countries have announced new sanctions. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins "Red & Blue" with the latest reaction.
Following Russia's invasion, Ukrainians and other people across the region are now living in fear amid growing questions about the country's future. Peter Rough, senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, joined CBS News' Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers to discuss how Ukraine is defending itself.
Its border with Ukraine is under constant watch, but a few months ago, Belarus' border with Poland was the center of a migrant crisis.
New satellite images show the movement of Russian military troops and equipment Ukraine's borders. Russia has extended its military drills in neighboring Belarus, worrying many. Rob Lee, a senior fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, joins CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Errol Barnett with more.
Joint military drills between Russia and its ally Belarus are nothing new, but NATO has described recent drills as the biggest Russian deployment in Belarus since the end of the Cold War. CBS News' Mary Ilyushina reports from Minsk.
World leaders are looking to de-escalate tensions between Russia and Ukraine, as the U.S. says Moscow appears to be moving towards an invasion. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more details from Lviv, Ukraine, on the developing situation.
Day before meeting Putin and amid joint war games on Ukraine's border, President Alexander Lukashenko, also says Russian weapons could remain in his country.
The guidance comes after a U.S. official told CBS News that Russian units near Ukraine have moved into "attack positions."