Shelling kills 21 in Russia's city of Belgorod, including 3 children
Russian officials accused Kyiv of carrying out Saturday's attack that killed 21 people in the Russian border city of Belgorod.
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Russian officials accused Kyiv of carrying out Saturday's attack that killed 21 people in the Russian border city of Belgorod.
U.S. intelligence officials have determined the Chinese spy balloon that flew over several states earlier this year used an American internet provider to send and receive messages mostly related to navigation, according to a new report. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry discussed the report and President Biden's response to Russia carrying out what Ukraine calls the "most massive aerial attack" of the war.
With Ukraine's counteroffensive all but stalled, winter setting in and aid for Ukraine from its allies in some doubt, Moscow hit hard from the air.
Russia launched dozens of missiles and a score of drones in a massive aerial attack on Ukraine overnight Friday, officials said. A Ukrainian Air Force commander called it the "most massive aerial attack" of the war. CBS News correspondent Elaine Cobbe has the latest.
Russia launched 122 missiles and numerous drones on cities across Ukraine Friday. Apartments, a shopping mall and a maternity hospital were among the locations struck. Ukraine said its air defense systems shot down most of the missiles and drones, but dozens of people were still killed. David Martin has the latest.
A Ukrainian attack on a Russian ship appears to have caused a massive explosion at a Crimea port in Kyiv's largest strike against Russia's navy in months. It's a morale boost for Ukraine, but it comes after a counteroffensive that has not gone to plan with money for the country's defenses running out. CBS News correspondent Roxana Saberi has more on the strike and former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine John Herbst joined CBS News to discuss the state of the war.
The aid package will include arms and equipment, including air defense munitions, anti-armor munitions, ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, and more than 15 million rounds of small arms ammunition
Geopolitics took center stage in 2023 with the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war and the continuation of the war in Ukraine. Seth Jones, senior vice president of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, joins CBS News to discuss how the year's major global events impacted U.S. foreign affairs.
The Biden administration announced an additional $250 million in military aid for Ukraine on Wednesday. CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry explains where the money is coming from and how it will help the nation in its war with Russia.
Targeting energy infrastructure was a Russian tactic last winter, when it tried to break Ukrainians' spirit by denying them heating and running water.
The White House is pushing for Congress to approve a foreign aid package for Ukraine as soon as lawmakers return in January, but Republicans are still demanding immigration reform before any more money is sent. CBS News homeland security and justice reporter Nicole Sganga has more.
The Russian opposition leader says he's "relieved" that he's "finally made it." His whereabouts were unknown for more than two weeks before his spokesperson said he'd been located.
Whelan was first detained by Russian authorities in December 2018 while attending a friend's wedding. He was convicted in 2020 of espionage and sentenced to 16 years of hard labor.
Concern was rising because the imprisoned leading Kremlin opposition leader hadn't been heard from in more than two weeks.
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny has been found in a Siberian prison, his lawyers said Monday. Navalny, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's harshest critics, was arrested on his return to Russia in 2021 after surviving a near-fatal poisoning in Germany.
Paul Whelan, the Marine veteran who was first detained by Russian authorities in December 2018, issued a desperate plea to President Biden in a phone interview with WTOP-TV on Christmas Eve from the remote Russian penal colony where he is serving a 16-year sentence. Nicole Sganga has more.
"We still don't know where Alexey is," allies of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny say after apparent prison transfer.
Most eastern Christian churches use the Julian calendar, in which Christmas falls on Jan. 7, rather than the Gregorian calendar used in everyday life and by Western churches.
Ukrainian officials reported Friday that their military shot down three Russian Su-34 fighter jets on Friday.
President Biden signed an executive order giving the Treasury Department the authority to target financial institutions that facilitate Russia's defense industry.
Two wars overseas and growing tensions with Russia and China are prompting top U.S. military contractors to boost production. Bill Hartung, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute, joins CBS News to discuss the state of the U.S. military-industrial complex.
American Paul Whelan, who U.S. officials say is being wrongfully detained by Russia in a remote prison, told BBC News Eastern Europe correspondent Sarah Rainsford in a rare interview by phone that he feels the United States left him behind.
Despite warnings that Ukraine will run out of money for its fight against Russia by the end of the month, lawmakers in Congress won't vote on any aid package until January 2024. Juliegrace Brufke, a Capitol Hill reporter for Axios, joined CBS News to discuss what happens now.
American Paul Whelan, imprisoned in Russia for 5 years, says it's "unfathomable to me that they've left me behind."
Ukraine has warned that it's running out of money in its war against Russia, but a deal among U.S. lawmakers to send more aid likely won't pass before January. CBS News congressional correspondent Scott MacFarlane reports.