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.
Ukraine
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.
Ukraine collects evidence for war crimes cases
Russian troops have left a path of destruction and heartbreak in Ukraine, where war crimes investigators are busy gathering evidence. Debora Patta reports.
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.
Food shortages have world leaders scrambling
With U.S. record shortages and high prices, world leaders try to get essential commodities out of war-torn Ukraine.
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."
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.
Wheat prices soar as India heat wave and Ukraine war squeeze supplies
Experts fear climate change-driven food shortages and inflation could lead to famine, insecurity and economic recession across the globe.
Pregnant woman from viral Ukraine hospital bombing photo speaks out
"I received threats that they would come and find me, that I would be killed, that my child would be cut into pieces."
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
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.
ICYMI: A look back at Sunday's 60 Minutes
How Bellingcat is using social media to track alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine; Man unknowingly buys former plantation house where his ancestors were enslaved.
Munitions shower hits Ukrainian steel plant
A shower of brightly burning munitions rained down on the Azovstal steelworks in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol in footage obtained by Reuters on Sunday.
Russia's threats aren't scaring Finland away from its NATO bid
As Finland and Sweden's leaders seek the reassurance of NATO defense, CBS News tours a nuclear bunker in Helsinki – part of the legacy of Russia's last invasion.
Finland and Sweden inch closer to NATO membership
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused neighboring countries to seek NATO membership. Meanwhile in Ukraine, the country is finally gaining back territory as Russian forces are drawing back. Charlie D'Agata reports from Vinnytisa, Ukraine, with the latest.
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