Russia hammers Ukraine on eve of peace talks
A day before Russian, Ukrainian and U.S. teams meet to talk peace, Putin's forces pounded Ukraine's energy infrastructure with dozens of drones and missiles.
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Aidan Stretch is a CBS News international reporter based in Kyiv, Ukraine, focused on covering Russia's invasion, humanitarian issues and diplomacy.
Before joining CBS News, Aidan worked as a freelance journalist in Ukraine, reporting from Kyiv and the country's eastern Kharkiv and Dnipropetrovsk regions. He previously wrote for The Free Press, Atlantic Council and the Kyiv Independent. Aidan graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude from Yale University with a B.A. in history.
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