What are war crimes and could Putin be prosecuted for them?
President Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart say Russia and its leader are guilty of war crimes. Here's what that means.
Haley Ott is the CBS News Digital international reporter, based in the CBS News London bureau.
Haley graduated cum laude from Boston University with a degree in Philosophy and History and then earned a master's degree in Political Theory from the London School of Economics. Haley started her journalism career in London working for outlets including Al Jazeera and Vice News. As the international reporter for CBS News digital platforms, Haley has covered the Middle East and the Ukraine war extensively. Focusing on human rights issues, she also reported on a range of stories including climate change's impact on gender equality in Zanzibar, and on cartel violence in Mexico.
President Biden and his Ukrainian counterpart say Russia and its leader are guilty of war crimes. Here's what that means.
"The thick dust raised by passing vehicles, and the radiation particles in it, may very well have entered the bodies of Russian occupiers through the lungs," the plant director said.
"No one is actually reporting from inside the country," Natalia told CBS News. But she discovered, thanks to some outdated cell phone software, that she could.
Authorities have been investigating 12 parties and gatherings, some of which Boris Johnson attended, during the height of England's coronavirus lockdown in 2020.
White phosphorus can ignite fast-burning fires and inflict extreme burns, making it particularly hazardous for civilians in war zones.
"This is a grim milestone that could have lasting consequences for generations to come," said the executive director of UNICEF.
Almost a month after Vladimir Putin ordered his troops to invade, here are some of the latest major developments in the ongoing war.
"Nikita has given us a chilling testimony that confirms the intensity of the war crimes perpetrated by the Russian army against journalists," the group Reporters Without Borders says.
An employee of a state-run TV channel burst onto the set of its nightly news broadcast with a sign reading: "Stop the war. Don't believe propaganda."
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.
Exhausted and anxious after a weekend of Russian shelling, Ukrainians emerge from their shelters to line up for dwindling emergency supplies.
One woman told CBS News she is staying in a metro station with her mother and her dog as fighting continues near the capitol city.
Russia "won't allow us to exist peacefully and to fight for our rights as we are able to do that in Ukraine right now," an 18-year-old law student said.
"The Kremlin has taken another step towards the revival of the Soviet Union," Ukraine's defense chief says, predicting "difficult challenges ahead."
The U.S. warned last week that recognizing the self-declared "People's Republics" of Donetsk and Luhansk would violate international law and would "necessitate a swift and firm response" from America and its allies.