Attack on school the latest atrocity as Russia hammers eastern Ukraine
Ukraine accuses Russia of a direct hit on the school, which was sheltering civilians, as Putin's war machine continues to flatten front-line cities in the east.
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Ukraine accuses Russia of a direct hit on the school, which was sheltering civilians, as Putin's war machine continues to flatten front-line cities in the east.
But there's no indication the Russian president is preparing for imminent use of nuclear weapons, William Burns said.
There have been fears that the 459-foot long yacht, which has been in dry dock in the port of Marina di Carrara, was preparing to sail out of Italian waters soon.
British intelligence believes Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to seize a Mariupol steel facility for propaganda ahead of Russia's victory day on Monday. CBS News reporter Mary Ilyushina explains the significance to CBS News' Mola Lenghi and Tanya Rivero.
Russia is reportedly preparing to hold a "Victory Day" parade in the decimated port city where, despite relentless bombing, hundreds of civilians have made it out.
CBS News meets weary souls eking out an existence in a front-line Ukrainian town where Russia "can't do anything except bomb everything."
As lucky survivors recall hiding from airstrikes under a steel plant in Mariupol, residents of another front-line town share the horrors of life under Russia's relentless assault.
CBS News sees the remarkable tactics helping Ukraine's defenders, as dozens of civilians who escaped a battered steelworks head for safety, and more await rescue.
Raptor patrol boats, which can carry up to 23 personnel, are usually equipped with machine guns and used in reconnaissance or landing operations.
Ceasefire enables dozens to escape a makeshift bomb shelter in Mariupol, but elsewhere Ukraine's embattled forces are desperate for more U.S. weapons.
The Moscow-based church's leadership has framed Russia's invasion of Ukraine in holy terms - as a defense of conservative values against a morally-corrupt West. Now, the war has prompted dissent within the Orthodox Christian faith.
Willy Joseph Cancel, a U.S. Marine veteran, was killed fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the war with Russia, his family said. His widow told CBS News "he just wanted to help people." Charlie D'Agata reports.
Russia sent a strong message by bombing Ukraine's capital city while U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was there for a visit. New York Times foreign correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman joins "CBS News Mornings" from Kyiv with more.
Russian missiles hit Kyiv on the same day the head of the United Nations visited Ukraine's capital. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the attacks an effort by Russia to "humiliate" the United Nations. Chris Livesay reports.
President Biden said he is asking Congress for another $33 billion to support Ukraine against Russia's invasion. Meanwhile, Marine veteran Trevor Reed is back in the U.S. after being freed in a prisoner swap with Russia and is undergoing medical evaluation. Weijia Jiang has the details.
It's all part of the Kremlin's disinformation campaign to maintain public support for its invasion of Ukraine and make trouble for democracies around the world, experts say.
CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata traveled to Ukraine's front lines against the Russian invasion, as attacks ramp up in the eastern and southern regions.
Holly Williams spoke to a Russian foreign policy analyst about the disinformation battle being waged by Vladimir Putin to increase his domestic approval rating during the conflict with Ukraine and how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's fledgling democracy is fighting back.
The White House says marine Trevor Reed is heading back to the United States following a prisoner swap with Russia, CBS News correspondent Natalie Brand reports. But the family of Paul Whelan, who remains jailed in Russia, wants answers. The family's lawyer Ryan Fayhee spoke with CBS News anchors Tanya Rivero and Nancy Chen about the exchange.
Under intense pressure, "Germany had to give in," and now says it will supply "exactly what Ukraine needs right now to secure its airspace from the ground."
36 years after the Chernobyl disaster, Zelenskyy says Russia firing missiles over the nuclear plant has left him "speechless," as Moscow cuts the gas to 2 Ukrainian allies.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is reaffirming Western support for Ukraine. He said the West will "keep moving heaven and earth" to help the nation defend itself against Russia. CBS News foreign correspondent Chris Livesay has an update from Kyiv, Ukraine.
Ukraine's leader questioned the wisdom of Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' decision to meet Putin before coming to Ukraine.
The U.S. envoy to the U.N. says the resolution will help address Russia's "shameful pattern of abusing its veto privilege" on the Security Council.
Ukraine's government called the latest dire warning from Moscow a sign that Putin's regime "senses defeat" as the fighting, and the weapons shipments, intensify.