Putin faces rare criticism at home as Ukrainian troops reclaim ground
For months, Russian state TV has been full of analysts and pundits regurgitating Putin's defense of his "special military operation." That's changing.
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For months, Russian state TV has been full of analysts and pundits regurgitating Putin's defense of his "special military operation." That's changing.
Ukraine says it has reclaimed an area about the size of Rhode Island in the northeast part of the country in an intense counteroffensive centering around the country's second largest city, Kharkiv. Retired U.S. Army Brig. Gen. Peter Zwack, a senior fellow at the Wilson Center, joins CBS News to discuss Ukraine's strategy and what it means for the future of the war.
CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports from Kyiv on a Ukrainian counteroffensive that has quickly reclaimed large swaths of territory from Russian troops.
Ukrainian Ambassador to the U.S. Oksana Markarova says the ongoing Ukrainian counteroffensive shows that "we can win" the war against Russia.
Residents in liberated towns and villages across a huge swath of ground retaken by Ukraine's forces crying tears of joy, but Russia has left devastation in its wake.
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Ukrainian forces are pushing a counteroffensive in the country's east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict.
The Russian-controlled nuclear plant in southern Ukraine has sparked fears of a possible meltdown amid ongoing shelling in the area.
Video posted on social media shows residents in the newly freed towns excitedly greeting Ukrainian soldiers. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says more than 600 square miles of territory has been reclaimed over the past 10 days.
CIA director Bill Burns is calling Russia's invasion of Ukraine a "failure" and that Moscow will pay a heavy price for the war as Ukraine forces attempt to reclaim territory in the nation's south and northeast. CBS News' foreign correspondent Debora Patta joined Errol Barnett and Anne Marie Green to discuss.
Russia's Defense Ministry says it's pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.
The world's top nuclear inspector says a safety zone needs to be established immediately around Europe's largest nuclear plant in Ukraine. Shelling knocked out power in a nearby city that fed the plant.
Sen. Mark Warner, Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, British Ambassador to the United States Karen Pierce, and more, will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.
"We are disturbed by reports that aid worker Paul Urey may have been tortured in detention," the U.K. government said.
The U.S. is providing major new military aid to Ukraine and other European countries threatened by Russia.
Gas supply is increasingly being used as a weapon of war by Russia, and in Ukraine, winter is coming. CBS News correspondent Debora Patta reports from Irpin.
Many Ukrainians are worried about the oncoming winter, as they remember bone-chilling temperatures in February, when Russia invaded. “It was the kind of freezing that blinds you. You can't even think,” said one resident of Irpin.
As Russia tries to divide Ukraine's EU allies by cutting off the gas, Ukrainian "hostages of this war" face a winter in crumbling homes with no heat.
The IAEA said in a new report that it remains gravely concerned about Zaporizhzhia, the nuclear plant in Ukraine that's drawing growing concern of a disaster. While the ongoing shelling has not yet triggered a nuclear emergency, it's a constant threat. Debora Patta reports.
The director general of the IAEA wants a demilitarized bubble around the perimeter of Europe's largest nuclear plant.
The two isolated nations have grown closer, and the U.S. says Russia is buying rockets from Pyongyang amid sanctions-driven "severe supply shortages in Ukraine."
A fire recently broke out at Europe's largest nuclear power plant as Russian and Ukrainian forces continue to battle. Russia occupies the plant but it is being operated by Ukrainian engineers. Debora Patta reports.
Ukraine's energy body said it deliberately took the plant off the grid so that a fire could be extinguished.
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Since the United States provided Ukraine with 16 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (or HIMARS), the launchers are changing the face of battle, becoming a key weapon in Ukraine's counteroffensive against invading Russian forces. CBS News national security correspondent David Martin visits the Lockheed Martin plant where the highly-effective precision rocket launchers are built; and a test range where HIMARS crews are trained to "shoot and scoot."