Ukraine families mourn troops killed
Ukraine marked its Armed Forces day as the fight for Ukraine's strategic eastern region intensified. CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from a memorial in Bucha, a Kyiv suburb where hundreds were killed.
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Ukraine marked its Armed Forces day as the fight for Ukraine's strategic eastern region intensified. CBS News correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from a memorial in Bucha, a Kyiv suburb where hundreds were killed.
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown on Monday, killing at least six people. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio reports. Plus, George Beebe, director of grand strategy at the Quincy Institute, joined CBS News to discuss the recent escalation in the war.
Six people, including a 10-year-old, were killed by Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, he said. The strikes are seen as retaliation for drone attacks on Moscow over the weekend. Ramy Inocencio reports.
A missile strike in the southeastern Ukrainian town of Kryvyi Rih hit an apartment building Monday, killing at least five people and injuring several others. Kryvyi Rih is the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has more.
Ukrainians are packing out bars and clubs across the country despite the ongoing war with Russia. Charlie D'Agata spoke with young Ukrainians who are defiantly partying on.
Twin Russian missile attacks on the southern Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih have killed at least five people and left dozens injured. The strikes came after three drones headed for Moscow were shot down by Russian air defenses, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy saying that war was "returning" to Russia - without directly referencing the drone attack. Ramy Inocencio has the story.
In Niger, where a military junta seized power last week, thousands of coup supporters took to the streets of the country's capital Sunday waving Russian flags and denouncing the former colonial power, France. Some protesters threw stones at the French Embassy, breaking windows. Declan Walsh, chief Africa correspondent for The New York Times, joined CBS News with more on the situation.
CBS News meets young Ukrainians defiantly enjoying life just 20 miles from Russia's border, and Kyiv has more bars and restaurants than it did before the war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin presided over a military parade in celebration of Russia's Navy Day, but the war in Ukraine went unmentioned. The parade came after drones attacked Moscow early Sunday morning. Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a law moving the holiday from Jan. 7, when the Russian Orthodox Church observes it, to Dec. 25.
By a stroke of luck, Konstantin Gudauskas was able to move freely during the early days of the Ukraine war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and 17 African leaders continued meetings Friday in Saint Petersburg as the leaders urged Putin to follow their peace plan to end the war in Ukraine. Meanwhile, Putin promised six African nations he would provide them free Russian grain. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
Ukrainian forces say they took back the southeast village of Staromaiorkse from Russian forces this week. It gives Ukraine's military the high ground to push a bit further south in its counteroffensive to reclaim more lost territory. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the details.
The wrangling over alleged Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov's extradition from Brazil comes amid increasing tensions between the U.S. and Russia.
"Putin has miscalculated the mood on this continent," one South African expert on government relations tells CBS News.
The Ukrainian fencer Olga Kharlan was disqualified from an event after refusing to shake hands with a Russian fencer.
At least one person was killed Wednesday night in Odesa, Ukraine, as Russia continued its onslaught against Ukrainian port cities. CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the latest on the war.
North Korean media focused on the Russian envoy, who was quoted as saying the two sides met in a "cordial atmosphere overflowing with militant friendship."
U.S. Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was once detained by the Russian government, has been injured while fighting for Ukraine. Nancy Cordes is following the story.
Trevor Reed, released in 2022 in a U.S.-Russia prisoner swap, was injured recently while fighting for Ukraine in the east of that country, CBS News has learned.
Marine veteran Trevor Reed, who was freed in a prisoner swap with Russia last year, is recovering at a military facility in Germany after being injured fighting for Ukraine in the war with Russia. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes reports on whether his decision to fight for Ukraine will complicate efforts to bring other Americans home.
The U.S. Marine veteran released in a prisoner swap with Russia last year was injured while fighting in Ukraine. Trevor Reed is now being treated at a German hospital. CBS News senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang reports.
The U.S. said Russian fighters have again harassed an American drone over Syria, flying dangerously close to the aircraft.
The MQ-9 drone was flying on a "defeat-ISIS mission" when a Russian aircraft flew "dangerously close" to it, according to the U.S. military.
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Trevor Reed, who was released in a prisoner swap with Russia brokered by the Biden administration in 2022, was injured recently while fighting for Ukraine in the east of that country, CBS News has learned. Senior White House correspondent Weijia Jiang has the latest.