Breaking down the stakes of the NATO summit
John Sullivan, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, joined CBS News to break down the high-level talks happening at the NATO summit this week and what world leaders are hoping to accomplish.
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John Sullivan, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, joined CBS News to break down the high-level talks happening at the NATO summit this week and what world leaders are hoping to accomplish.
As President Biden and America's closest allies notch a win for NATO solidarity, Ukraine's leader says Russia will see "uncertainty" and "weakness."
NATO leaders have been promising to unveil a new path to membership for Ukraine, but President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not satisfied with what he has been hearing. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes has the latest from the NATO summit in Lithuania.
Moscow is claiming that Russian President Vladimir Putin held talks with the leader of the Wagner Mercenary Group and his commanders, days after the group's failed mutiny. A Kremlin spokesman said the three-hour meeting took place on June 29 and ended with Wagner forces pledging loyalty to Putin. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports.
CBS News was speaking to a doctor when shrapnel from a suspected Russian cluster bomb tore through soldiers and civilians just yards from his clinic.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited Snake Island in the Black Sea to mark 500 days since Russia invaded Ukraine. Snake Island is symbolic in that it is where Ukrainian soldiers refused to surrender to the Russian navy in the first days of the invasion. Charlie D'Agata reports from Ukraine.
Mystery continues to deepen regarding the whereabouts of Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has not been seen in public since the abrupt ending of an attempted mutiny against Russian President Vladimir Putin. He was thought to be in Belarus, but Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko now says he is still in Russia. Charlie D'Agata reports.
The rebellion leader's whereabouts have been unclear since his brief uprising, but pro-Kremlin media are showing photos purportedly from his raided mansion.
With Russia's Vladimir Putin holding territory in Ukraine, America's Baltic allies are having "nightmares" about NATO unity - and American leadership.
Ukrainian officials report the biggest attack to date on civilians in Lviv as the threat mounts for residents near the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant.
Ukraine's president claims Russian forces "placed objects resembling explosives on the roof of several power units" at the sprawling nuclear facility.
Xi Jinping urged the leaders of Russia, Iran and other Shanghai Cooperation Organization states to boost ties and resist sanctions.
Rights groups say Elena Milashina was "savagely kicked" and threatened with a gun to her head as she went to cover a funeral.
In his first public remarks on the matter, William Burns said the U.S. "has had and will have no part" in Prigozhin's rebellion or its fallout.
Ukraine's national security chief says Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin is "owned by" Russian military officers, and "the wheels are in motion for Putin's demise."
Ian Lee sits down with Ukraine's national security adviser, Oleksiy Danilov, who told him they believe Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin was not working alone when he tried to bring down Russia's military establishment. Danilov says Prigozhin is controlled by high-ranking officials in Putin's inner circle who want to bring about a change in Russia's leadership — and as a result, he believes Putin's days are numbered.
Ukraine's national security chief, Oleksiy Danilov, claims Wagner Group's leader had the support of 14 senior Russian military officers during his mercenary group's uprising in Russia over the weekend. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee is in Kyiv with more.
Officials say three children were among those killed by a Russian missile strike in Kramatorsk, as the Kremlin tries to project control after Wagner's "rebellion."
In his first address to the nation since this weekend's short-lived armed rebellion led by the Wagner Group, Russian President Vladimir Putin said steps were immediately taken to "neutralize the threat" and "avoid a lot of bloodshed." Putin labeled the organizers of the rebellion as traitors to their country and people. Retired U.S. Army Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman joined CBS News to talk about the situation.
President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments since Saturday's armed revolt led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin, and confirmed reports on social media that Wagner Group forces had downed Russian aircraft in the fighting. Putin is expected to refocus his attention to his war on Ukraine, who now claims to have recaptured territory annexed by Russia in 2014.
Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke in Moscow on Tuesday, praising the country's security forces for stopping what he called a civil war. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee and CBS News correspondent Christina Ruffini have the latest on this weekend's uprising from the Wagner mercenary group.
Wagner mercenary group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin temporarily seized control of a key military base in the southern part of Russia Saturday. He then headed toward Moscow -- only to turn around after the leader of Belarus brokered a truce between the Russian president and the man sometimes referred to as Putin's chef. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee reports from Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to project strength and stability at the Kremlin despite the dramatic episode with the Wagner Group over the weekend. Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and former U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan join CBS News to examine Putin's grip on power in Russia and how Volodymyr Zelenskyy could use this moment to advance the Ukrainian cause.
President Biden says he made clear to Moscow that the U.S. and its allies didn't have anything to do with the uprising in Russia over the weekend. The Wagner Group's mercenary troops marched toward Russia's capital before the Kremlin cut a deal with the group's leader on Saturday. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O'Keefe has more.
The Kremlin made a deal with Yevgeny Prigozhin and his mercenary army, the Wagner Group, after he led uprising over the weekend. Prigozhin was given amnesty, along with his soldiers, and ordered to relocate to Belarus to prevent a potential crisis in Moscow. CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina joins us with more.