Russia attacks Mariupol after promising safe passage
Russian forces launched a full-scale attack on a steel plant in Mariupol, blocking further evacuations of civilians. Charlie D'Agata reports.
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Russian forces launched a full-scale attack on a steel plant in Mariupol, blocking further evacuations of civilians. Charlie D'Agata reports.
Russian troops also shelled a chemical plant in the eastern city of Avdiivka, killing at least 10 people, Donetsk regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
Israel has voiced support for Ukraine after Russia launched its invasion, but has refrained from directly criticizing the Kremlin and joined the Western effort to sanction Russian oligarchs.
American and Fijian officials claim the $325 million Amadea is owned by sanctioned billionaire Suleiman Kerimov.
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.
Some civilians were able to escape from a steel plant in Mariupol where they've been trapped for weeks as Russian forces attacked the city. Chris Livesay reports.
Raptor patrol boats, which can carry up to 23 personnel, are usually equipped with machine guns and used in reconnaissance or landing operations.
"This is an unforgivable and outrageous statement and a terrible historic mistake and we expect an apology," Israel's foreign minister said.
Angelina Jolie met children who were injured in a Russian missile attack on a railway station last month, Lviv's regional governor said.
Ceasefire enables dozens to escape a makeshift bomb shelter in Mariupol, but elsewhere Ukraine's embattled forces are desperate for more U.S. weapons.
Pelosi and a half-dozen U.S. lawmakers met for three hours with Zelenskyy and his top aides to get a first-hand assessment of the war effort to date.
A long-awaited effort to evacuate people from a steel plant in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol has begun, officials said Sunday.
President Biden has requested an additional $33 billion in aid for Ukraine from Congress.
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.
The one-time use unmanned aerial vehicle is a powerful weapon that can dive bomb its targets, such as tanks and artillery nests, at a range of up to 30 miles – and is being supplied by the hundreds to Ukraine for use against Russian forces.
The Kremlin is seeking to capture Ukraine's industrial Donbas region and Western military analysts said Moscow's offensive was going much slower than planned.
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.
The United Nations World Food Programme says nearly half of Ukrainian residents worry about where they'll find their next meal. For ""60 Minutes,"" Scott Pelley traveled to Ukraine with the WFP's David Beasley to follow the organization's efforts to curb the hunger crisis.
"He wanted to go over because he believed in what Ukraine was fighting for," Willy Joseph Cancel's mother said.
The Ukrainian president said it was an attempt by Moscow to humiliate the world body. He also said his country's fighters were still holding Russian forces at bay in the south and east.
A senior defense official said Friday that Russia expected to be farther along in encircling Ukrainian forces in the east.
Some fear that a nuclear war could be on the horizon due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The bill now goes to President Biden's desk.
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.