Biden says Nord Stream pipeline damage was "a deliberate act of sabotage"
The president said divers would eventually be sent to the pipelines, which were designed to bring gas from Russia to Europe, to determine what happened.
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The president said divers would eventually be sent to the pipelines, which were designed to bring gas from Russia to Europe, to determine what happened.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a signing ceremony Friday to officially annex four Moscow-occupied regions of Ukraine in spite of global criticism. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports and CBS News anchors Nikki Battiste and Elaine Quijano speaks with Anatol Lieven, senior research fellow at the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, about what this means for the war moving forward.
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a national address Friday declaring four occupied regions of Ukraine part of Russia. Just hours before this address, Russia launched a missile at one of the four territories it annexed and killed at least 25 civilians. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams joins CBS News to discuss what Putin said earlier today and Russia's changing strategy in the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to formally annex four regions from Ukraine, after Russia claimed victory in condemned referendums. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The move was widely expected after Russian-backed forces went door-to-door in the occupied regions, helping collecting ballots for the Kremlin-orchestrated votes.
Russian President Vladimir Putin may soon annex part of eastern Ukraine, after Ukrainian residents, sometimes held at gunpoint, were made to vote in support of joining Russia. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the vote a "farce" — and the U.S. and Western allies have dismissed the election as illegitimate.
The U.S. will provide funding for about 18 more advanced rocket systems and other weapons to counter drones that Russia has been using against Ukrainian troops.
Seismologists say explosions rattled the Baltic Sea before unusual leaks were discovered Tuesday on the two underwater pipelines running from Russia to Germany.
Russia says the areas of Ukraine it occupies have overwhelmingly voted to officially join Russia. But the United Nations denounces the referendums as a sham and a pretext to annexation. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Authorities in Europe are investigating leaks in two gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea that caused a sudden drop in pressure on Monday. Ukraine is accusing Russia of sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
In an interview with Norah O'Donnell, CIA Director Bill Burns discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's nuclear threats as well as Putin's military setbacks in Ukraine. Watch more of the exclusive interview on "CBS Sunday Morning" on Oct. 2.
In the liberated city of Izyum, Ukraine, investigators are collecting evidence at crime scenes where Ukrainians say they were tortured by Russian occupiers. "Russia was trying to strangle local people," said one police chief. "To make them so scared, they’d forget about freedom."
World leaders speaking at the United Nations General Assembly took aim at Russian President Vladimir Putin after his latest moves in Ukraine. This came after Putin announced an escalation in his war there. Nancy Cordes reports from New York.
Ukrainian chef Mirali Dilbazi opened his long-awaited restaurant in Kyiv before Russia invaded Ukraine. One Brooklyn restaurant offered him an opportunity to share his fine-dining vision across the world. Elaine Quijano has more.
Ukrainian forces faced a breaking point that led to them recapturing a Russian base on the battlefields of Kharkiv. "They were fleeing from here, just like rats," one Ukrainian soldier said of the elite Russian troops who occupied the base.
As some Russians head off to training camps, others try to leave the country following Putin's partial mobilization order. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta has more.
"In front of the eyes of the whole world, Russia is conducting this so-called sham referenda on the occupied territory of Ukraine," Ukraine's president said.
The 72-metre (236-foot) vessel, MV Axioma, was seized on March 22.
"It's not as if throwing people like cannon fodder toward the front" will solve Putin's military issues in Ukraine, CIA Director Bill Burns said.
Pro-Moscow officials say that residents in all four occupied areas of Ukraine voted to join Russia.
President Biden pays tribute to late Senator Bob Dole; Army to issue Purple Hearts to injured troops.
People in Russian-occupied regions of eastern Ukraine have voted in what the White House is calling a "sham" referendum on whether to join Russia. There have been reports of Ukrainians being held at gunpoint by Russian troops as they vote. Reporter Mary Ilyushina joins "CBS News Mornings" with more on that, plus Edward Snowden's response to being granted Russian citizenship.
Watch the full version of an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that aired on Sept. 25, 2022, on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brenn
The fighting in Ukraine has led to protests in Russia's streets after President Vladimir Putin's mobilization order. Some men are fleeing the country. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his country is not afraid of Russia. Debora Patta reports.
Concerns are growing that Russia may seek to escalate the conflict, including potentially using nuclear weapons.