This week on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," May 22, 2022
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Finland says Russia is cutting off natural gas supplies
Energy cutoff comes after Finland and neighbor Sweden formally applied to join NATO this week.
5/19: Red and Blue
U.S. Senate passes $40B Ukraine aid package; Rise in U.S. unemployment claims
Medic's video captures horrors in Mariupol
The horrors of Russia's ruthless assault on Mariupol were captured in vivid detail on a body camera worn by a Ukrainian medic, who recorded her team's efforts to save lives. She had the footage smuggled out of Mariupol and given to the Associated Press before she was captured by Russian forces. Imtiaz Tyab has the latest.
To prove war crimes, Ukrainian families forced to bury loved ones twice
CBS News meets a family suffering the anguish of a beloved son and husband being exhumed in the name of holding Russia's invading forces to account.
U.S. and ICC step up efforts to document war crimes in Ukraine
As the ICC sends its "largest ever" team into Ukraine, the Biden administration launches a program to preserve and analyze open-source evidence of atrocities.
Senate unanimously confirms Bridget Brink as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine
American diplomats evacuated Kyiv when the war began but the U.S. just reopened the embassy.
Russians fear Mariupol abuse will backfire, U.S. intel shows
The abuses include beating and electrocuting city officials and robbing homes, according to an intelligence finding.
Russian soldier accused of war crimes pleads guilty to killing unarmed civilian
Prosecutors said the 21-year-old Russian soldier was ordered to shoot a 62-year-old civilian riding a bicycle to stop him from sharing their location.
Spring brings optimism to Ukrainians
CBS News correspondent Debora Patta meets with Kharkiv residents who are looking for a peaceful spring but are still facing the unimaginable stress of war.
Finland and Sweden officially apply to join NATO
The moves, driven by security concerns over Russia's war in Ukraine, come despite Kremlin warnings that doing so would be a "grave mistake."
Code names, jet skis and a "straw man": How the FBI seized a Russian superyacht
Documents shed new light on U.S. efforts to track and confiscate sanctioned oligarch wealth through high-end property like the Amadea yacht
Russian gymnast gets 1-year ban for wearing pro-Ukraine war symbol "Z"
Ivan Kuliak taped the "Z" symbol his vest for a medal ceremony at a World Cup event in March.
Finland says it could fend off Russian aggression with or without NATO
A top Finnish diplomat tells CBS News his country would bolster the transatlantic alliance, but even without membership, Finland has its own "credible deterrence."
Finland seeks NATO membership
One of Russia's closest neighbors, Finland, has officially launched its bid to join NATO with Sweden also announcing its intent to join. Finland shares over 800 miles of border with Russia, and despite repeated threats from Russia, Finland is poised to join the U.S.-led Western military alliance. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab reports from Helsinki.
Ukrainian fighters leave steel plant as Mariupol falls
Ukraine called on its soldiers in Mariupol to stop fighting as forces trapped inside a steel plant were evacuated to Russian-held territory. Ukraine hopes to get them back in a prisoner exchange.
Russian seizure of Mariupol complete as Ukrainian troops leave steelworks
Ukraine's president says the evacuation to separatist-controlled territory was needed to save "Ukrainian heroes" after weeks of bombardment. Russia calls it a surrender.
Bellingcat and the ICC
“We know that our database…will be used in…something like a Nuremberg trial,” Bellingcat executive director Christo Grozev tells Scott Pelley. He says his team has been approached by the ICC for material related to Russia’s Ukraine invasion. https://cbsn.ws/3wgUbor
Thanks to sanctions, some new Russian cars may lack airbags
Shortages due to sanctions over the Ukraine war see safety requirements dropped and environmental standards reverted to what they were in 1988.
Ukrainian forces destroy Russian bridges
A regional military governor said on Monday that Ukrainian special forces blew up Russian-held railway bridges in the Luhansk region as part of efforts to slow the Russian offensive.
Bellingcat's founder on group's importance
“I feel it’s almost my duty, that when we’re faced with all this information showing terrible things that are happening, to put it out there,” Bellingcat founder Eliot Higgins says of the work his group does, including exposing alleged war crimes in Ukraine. https://cbsn.ws/3Mga04b
GOP delegation welcomes Finland's NATO bid
Despite threats from Moscow, Finland is putting in its application to join NATO. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab joins CBS News from Helsinki to discuss the potential impact.
How Bellingcat trains investigators
“We're headed into an entirely new era of human rights investigations and war crimes investigations,” says Berkeley professor Alexa Koenig, who heads a human rights center that uses Bellingcat’s investigation methods to expose atrocities. https://cbsn.ws/3yBhcnx
Finland joining NATO angers neighbor Russia
Less than three months after Russia invaded Ukraine, neighbor Finland will apply to join the NATO alliance — a stunning reversal of the country's military neutrality dating back 75 years. CBS News foreign correspondent Imtiaz Tyab is in Finland and asked questions of both the Finnish president and prime minister about the move.
McDonald's is selling its Russia business
McDonald's says it has started a process to sell all its restaurants in Russia, exiting the country after more than 30 years following its invasion of Ukraine.
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