Russia says "no deadlines" for Ukraine ceasefire as Trump pushes for deal
As U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet to talk peace, Russia launches drones and missiles and makes it clear there's no rush in Moscow for a ceasefire.
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As U.S. and Ukrainian officials meet to talk peace, Russia launches drones and missiles and makes it clear there's no rush in Moscow for a ceasefire.
Ukrainian and U.S. officials will meet in Geneva on Thursday ahead of a new round of talks with Russia as the war enters its fifth year. Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže joins "The Takeout" to unpack her call to put maximum pressure on Putin to end the conflict.
For four years, Ukrainian civilians have been in the firing line, terrorized by Russia's ballistic missiles and drones. As Holly Williams reports, part of Russia's strategy has been to attack Ukraine's power grid, turning winter in a weapon.
Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago. This comes as talks to reach a ceasefire continue and as the war's death toll continues to climb. CBS News' Michael George and Holly Williams report.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy marked the start of the fifth year of the Ukraine war by saying Russia has failed to achieve its goals — and the Kremlin agreed.
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This week, Russia's war in Ukraine marks four years as negotiations have failed to end the fighting. Holly Williams reconnected with a Ukrainian man she met at the start of the war, who reflects on surviving being shot by a Russian sniper, and the loss of his fellow soldiers.
Russia fired scores of missiles and drones at targets across Ukraine Sunday. Holly Williams is in Kyiv with more.
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Ukraine and Russia wrapped a second day of U.S.-brokered peace talks in Geneva without a breakthrough. Both sides called the negotiations "difficult." CBS News foreign correspondent Ramy Inocencio has the latest.
Ukraine calls a decision to allow Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete in the 2026 Paralympics under their nations' flags, "disappointing and outrageous."
U.S.-brokered Ukraine-Russia peace talks wrap up with little to show, and Zelenskyy accusing Moscow of playing for time
The U.S. is brokering a 3rd round of Russia-Ukraine talks, but there's little hope of a breakthrough to end the deadliest war on European soil in 80 years.
Ukraine sent negotiators to Geneva, Switzerland, to hold talks with their Russian counterparts as the war rages on. CBS News' Holly Williams and Eleanor Watson.
Russian and Ukrainian officials are set to hold talks in Geneva on Tuesday. This comes as thousands of Ukrainians were impacted by a Russian attack overnight. CBS News' Holly Williams reports.
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Late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny's mom says a European assessment that he was poisoned in prison "confirms what we knew from the very beginning."
The attacks came just days ahead of another round of U.S.-brokered talks between envoys from Russia and Ukraine this week in Geneva.
European leaders said they are confident Navalny was poisoned with a toxin found in South American poison dart frogs.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz opened this year's Munich Security Conference with a message to the U.S., saying Americans are "not powerful enough to go at it alone." CBS News national security contributor Samantha Vinograd joins with analysis.
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As Russia and Ukraine confirm a 3rd round of U.S.-mediated peace talks, this time in Europe, Zelenskyy says Trump admin "must put pressure on Russia."