War in Ukraine enters a dramatic new phase
CBS News foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata reports from southeastern Ukraine, as Ukraine's artillery and missile barrages continue to exact a heavy toll on Russian forces.
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Russian forces intensify attacks in Ukraine
After explosions rocked a Russian airbase in Crimea earlier this week, Russian forces appear to have intensified attacks in Ukraine. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D’Agata reports.
Even Ukraine's badly wounded warriors want to get back in the fight
"I am a warrior, and it's not very important - warrior with iron leg or natural leg," said a Ukrainian army captain who wants U.S. help getting back to fight Russia.
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On the front lines of Mykolaiv
Charlie D'Agata is on the front lines near Mykolaiv, visiting deserted, shrapnel-torn villages, a few miles from Russian positions. They speak with a Ukrainian commander, two army medics and an elderly lady who showed D'Agata around her rocket-shredded home that has no electricity or water but that she refuses to leave.
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Ukraine prepares to mount major counteroffensive
Ukrainian troops are preparing to launch a new counteroffensive in the south following a major attack on a base in Russian-controlled Crimea. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Meet the people pulling out landmines so Ukrainians can go home
"People will be able to return to their houses, to their cities, and they will be able to walk freely and live safely," one brave dancer-turned-deminer told CBS News.
Russian journalist who's protested Ukraine war faces criminal charge
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Taiwan says China's ongoing war games reveal Beijing's broader intentions to control the region.
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The general tasked with defending the key port city of Mykolaiv is bracing for a counter offensive against Russia, and he needs all the American help he can get.
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Russia and Ukraine are blaming one another amid reports of shelling near Europe's largest nuclear power plant. The explosions near the Zaporizhzhia plant have downed high voltage power lines, prompting engineers to shut down a reactor. Charlie D'Agata has more.
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Russia reportedly moving weapons for new siege
British military intelligence says Russia is moving convoys of tanks and weapons from the east to prepare for battle. This happens as Ukraine is increasingly targeting bridges and Russian ammunition dumps in the region. Charlie D'Agata is in the southern port city of Odesa, which has been under Russian siege and is now finally able to ship much-needed grain worldwide.
As tensions rise, Taiwan says China military drills appear to simulate attack
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