Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war
A Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, without about 200 POWs from each side coming home, shows the countries are still talking after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a plane.
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A Russia-Ukraine prisoner swap, without about 200 POWs from each side coming home, shows the countries are still talking after Moscow accused Kyiv of downing a plane.
Members of a rock band critical of Russia are locked up in a Thai immigration jail, fearful that they could be deported to Russia.
Team USA earned silver at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, but a decision about Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva changed that.
Russian drones have struck a key port in southern Ukraine that sits on the Danube river, right on the country's border with NATO-member Romania. The attack caused damage to Ukrainian grain export facilities there, while in Kyiv, air defenses intercepted 10 drones launched at the capital. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Ukraine's intelligence agency said Monday it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The woman in question "was preparing a Russian airstrike in the Mykolaiv region during the visit of the President of Ukraine," the Secret Service of Ukraine said. Ramy Inocencio reports.
Holly Williams reports from 15 miles from the Ukrainian front line, where traumatized families are fleeing the fighting and their homes. She speaks to a U.S. aid worker who is helping those families.
CBS News correspondent Chris Livesay is in the eastern city of Kharkiv and speaks with another American who fought alongside two U.S. military veterans reportedly being held by Russian or pro-Russian forces before their capture on the battlefield.
A Russian-based cyber criminal gang is likely behind a hack compromising sensitive and personal information affecting some federal and state government agencies and major universities, according to officials. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge reports from Washington.
A CBS News investigation has found evidence of mass murder by a Russian mercenary army that's responsible for some of the bloodiest fighting in Ukraine. Last week, CBS News reported on how the Wagner Group plunders gold and other resources in the Central African Republic to pay for its war machine. CBS News' Debora Patta spoke to eyewitnesses who describe a massacre there, and what they reveal is distressing.
In Orikhiv, a frontline town just a few miles from Russian positions in Zaporizhzhia, Deputy Mayor Svitlana Mandrych sleeps in the cellar of her bombed-out house and works under a destroyed building, trying to help remaining residents deal with life without water and electricity. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
In the Ukrainian village of Lukashivka, the local church was destroyed in the process of pushing out the Russian forces who had occupied it, but still, the congregation gathers in the bombed-out ruins. The local priest, Father Serheii, told CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams that his Easter message is this: "Jesus was resurrected, and Ukraine will be too."
Ramy Inocencio reports exclusively for CBS News from the Kharkiv frontline, where Ukraine's 209th Battalion is holding the trenches that were previously occupied by Russian soldiers. Despite the challenging situation, Ukrainian soldiers remain resolute in their determination to maintain their position.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is visiting Capitol Hill Thursday to meet with U.S. lawmakers about continued funding of aid to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion. President Biden is seeking an additional $24 billion in military and humanitarian assistance for Ukraine, but that may be a tough sell for some Republicans who want the funding in a separate bill from the government spending legislation. CBS News' Weijia Jiang reports.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is attending the U.N. General Assembly in New York. He joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the latest on the U.S.' prison release deal with Iran and the battle over continued funding for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
In one of the deadliest attacks on Ukrainian civilians in months, at least 17 people died when a Russian missile slammed into an outdoor market in the town of Kostiantynivka. CBS News' Imtiaz Tyab reports the attack happened moments after the United States' top diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, arrived in the country to pledge more military aid to Ukraine.
Holly Williams reports from Borodyanka, another heavily hit town outside Kyiv where cleanup crews are digging bodies out of wreckage.
Ukrainian civilians are urged to leave the eastern part of the country amid concerns that Russia is preparing a new offensive. Debora Patta reports.
Six weeks into the invasion of Ukraine, wounded Ukrainian soldiers describe what they call a "savage war." Holly Williams reports.
The White House vowed to issue new sanctions this week in response to the latest atrocities in Bucha, Ukraine. President Biden has joined a growing chorus from world leaders calling Russian President Putin a "war criminal." Nancy Cordes reports.
Ukrainians are waiting at checkpoints along the U.S. border with Mexico after the Biden administration promised to welcome 100,000 refugees from Russia's invasion into Ukraine. Meanwhile, those seeking asylum from Latin American countries are blocked due to current U.S. immigration policy. CBS News national correspondent Manuel Bojorquez reports from Tijuana, Mexico.
Ukraine has accused the Russian military of massacring the civilian residents of Bucha, a town northwest of the capital Kyiv, an area Ukrainian troops said they recaptured on Saturday. Images show civilian bodies littering the streets, including some that had been bound. Holly Williams reports.
Former National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the latest on the Russia-Ukraine war and NATO's announcement it will double its troop presence on its borders with Ukraine.
As the war in Ukraine enters its second month, Russia's invasion appears to have stalled in the face of a ferocious Ukrainian defense. The latest NATO estimates suggest Russia has lost from 7,000 to 15,000 troops in just 30 days. Holly Williams reports.
President Biden meets with NATO, EU and G7 leaders in Brussels to discuss Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Ed O'Keefe has the latest from Belgium.
The U.S., G-7 and European allies are expected to announce further sanctions on Russia Wednesday. This comes in the wake of President Zelenskyy's passionate speech to the U.N. He called for an international war crimes tribunal after detailing the murder and torture of unarmed civilian Ukrainians. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.