Ukrainian soldiers play soccer just miles from the front line
Some soldiers have found a small but welcome reprieve from the constant strain of battle with this soccer game.
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Some soldiers have found a small but welcome reprieve from the constant strain of battle with this soccer game.
Russia continues to attack grain supplies in Ukraine, days after pulling out of a deal to keep the food supply chain moving. CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more on how Russian landmines are stalling the Ukrainian military's advances.
CBS News has learned that injuries and fatalities to Ukrainian soldiers from Russian landmines have now surpassed those caused by incoming artillery. Charlie D'Agata reports from Ukraine.
Russia continues to attack Ukraine's port cities with an overnight strike on grain exports in Odesa, threatening a major world food source. Meanwhile, a new CIA report is shedding light on the effect the Wagner Group's revolt has had on Russia. And a new video appears to show Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Wagner Group. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has more.
CBS News' Charlie D'Agata revisited the deputy mayor of a frontline Ukrainian town that has suffered constant Russian bombardment, and heard about a strike that destroyed the "last island of hope" in her community.
Threats against civilian vessels in the Black Sea are "unacceptable," a senior U.N. official said.
Russia continued its heavy bombing attack Thursday on the Ukrainian Black Sea port cites of Odesa and Mykolaiv. The attacks come days after Moscow suspended a deal to allow safe passage for civilian ships carrying Ukrainian grain out of those very ports. Charlie D'Agata has more.
Russian aerial bombardment hit Odesa and Mykolaiv again on Thursday in the third straight day of strikes against the Black Sea port cities in Ukraine. On Monday, Russia backed out of a deal allowing safe passage of Ukrainian grain shipments through the Black Sea, and the U.S. State Department has warned that Russia is "using food as a weapon of war." CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
Ukraine's port cities suffered a third straight night of bombing Wednesday night. Moscow is calling it punishment for an attack on the only bridge to the Crimea peninsula. The U.S. State Department says Russia is trying to block Ukraine's grain exports. CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata has the latest.
"Russia is using food as a weapon of war, not just against the Ukrainian people, but against all the people in the world," the State Department said.
Russia bombarded Ukraine with another wave of missiles and drones in the latest overnight attack, which injured at least 12 people in the region, including a 9-year-old boy. Ukraine says it shot down more than half of the missiles and drones. The BBC's James Waterhouse joins CBS News from Kyiv with more.
Ukrainian forces are gaining ground against Russia, but at a tremendous cost. Inside one front line town, residents describe their life, and their hopes of surviving. CBS News' Charlie D'Agata reports.
Russian troops were pushed away from Vremivka, Ukraine, but not far enough, and residents tell CBS News they're still praying to outlive the war.
The general leading Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russia now says it's going slower than expected. Ukraine blames Russian land mines and other defenses for the slowing advance. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata met a squad of troops working to remove the mines to see how they perform their very dangerous duties.
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