Ukrainian refugees face perilous journey as they flee to Poland
Norah O'Donnell spoke with some of the refugees who made the perilous journey as well as people from all over the world who traveled to Poland to help the million fleeing the war.
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Norah O'Donnell spoke with some of the refugees who made the perilous journey as well as people from all over the world who traveled to Poland to help the million fleeing the war.
Many fear the capital awaits the same fate as besieged cities like Mariupol and Kharkiv, but Ukraine's soldiers, and many civilians, vow invaders "will die here."
Putin is determined to capture Ukraine's ports, but as regional mayors are arrested and shells rain down, cities like Mariupol and Mykolaiv are fighting back, and finding heroes.
Another round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are set to begin in a few hours. The two sides have expressed some optimism in the past few days. President Zelensky's aide tweeted that the negotiations would discuss, "peace, ceasefire, immediate withdrawal of troop and security guarantees." The talks are happening as the fighting rages on across Ukraine. In hard-hit Mariupol, the city council is warning that they are running out of their last reserves of food and water. But more than 160 private cars managed to leave the city, the first successful evacuation in two weeks. Ukrainian President Zelensky will address Congress on Wednesday to ask for more help.
Russia continued its offensive in western Ukraine, bombing targets just 15 miles from the Polish border. The recent attack is the closest Russia has come to hitting NATO territory. Charlie D'Agata reports.
An official posted pictures of firefighters using cranes to lift sections of shattered concrete and brick walls and carrying a stretcher.
The request included military aid and equipment, according to the officials.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko spoke with CBS News about the ongoing war. He told “CBS Evening News” anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell that it's possible Russia could carry out a chemical weapons attack because Russia "doesn’t have morals."
The address is only open to members of Congress.
"With any price, they want to win," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
"I feel pain. I cry a lot right now," one woman said. "At this moment, the people of Ukraine are defending their freedom and country, at the cost of their lives."
Nearly 3 million people have fled Ukraine in the last 19 days, with a majority of them going to Poland. Norah O'Donnell reports from the Ukraine-Poland border.
Russia has asked China for weapons in its war against Ukraine, according to U.S. officials. But the U.S. has threatened to sanction China if they help President Vladimir Putin. Margaret Brennan has the latest.
Russia's brutal siege of Mariupol, a strategic port city, has cut off hundreds of thousands of people from food, water, heat and electricity. Chris Livesay takes a look.
The bipartisan, 58-member Problem Solvers Caucus pushed the Biden administration to provide more military aid to Ukraine.
Images of the woman being rushed to an ambulance on a stretcher had circled the world, epitomizing the horror of Russia's attack.
Despite internet rumors, NASA says astronaut Mark Vande Hei will come home as planned aboard a Soyuz spacecraft.
A notice was sent out to members of a militia that has been sanctioned by the U.S. for serving as an intermediary between the Assad regime and ISIS, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
Brent Renaud, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was killed when Russian troops opened fire, according to the head of Kyiv's regional police force.
There's hope for a possible agreement, but the talks come as Russian missiles push Putin's war to Ukraine's far west - perilously close to NATO territory in Poland.
The trip could include a stop in Brussels, Belgium, home of NATO headquarters.
"This property has been liberated," read a banner unfurled by activists on the roof of the huge house in London's exclusive Belgravia neighborhood.
Some families have had to leave their pets behind, leaving their animals with notes that say, "We hope we can find our dogs and cats again."
As Poland takes in hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees, officials fear that systems being arranged to aid them may crash.
Ukrainian and Russian leaders are set to meet virtually for another round of talks after Russian forces invaded the border nation. Ukrainian officials say they will push for a case fire and direct talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenesky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Red Cross warns Ukrainian citizens in Mauripol could be living a "worst-case scenario" if they can't access humanitarian aid. The organization says the hundreds of thousands of city residents face shortages of food and medicine as the war rages on. Meanwhile, Ukrainian soldiers have helped evacuate more than 5,500 people near the nation's capital of Kyiv. Refugees are escaping through several humanitarian corridors.