A Ukrainian soldier who was posthumously awarded a medal after a widely shared video showed him declaring "Glory to Ukraine" before apparently being shot dead, was commemorated with a statue in his northern hometown on Saturday. The video shared in March showed a man the military later named as Oleksandr Matsievskiy, a sniper with a unit from the region of Chernihiv, saying "Slava Ukraini," a phrase more than a century old that has become a popular expression of resistance to Russia's February 2022 invasion. "He would have taken all of them with him if he had a grenade," she said, as she proudly showed the medal President Volodymyr Zelenskiy bestowed on her son representing the "Hero of Ukraine" honour.
first well into the 90s, ways le washington, d.c., going from 95 degrees down to 88 and will stay in the 80s then with cooler temperatures the rest of the week. margaret? >> margaret: turning now to the war in ukraine, our cbs news crew is inside a city that came under attack today by russian forces. cbs's ramy inocencio reports, fighting is intense in southern ukraine, where vladimir putin's troops remain deeply entrenched. >> reporter: glory to ukraine, glory to heroes, chant ukrainian troops. on the southern front in line with russia, ukraine's military retook the small settlement of staromaiorske in its slow slog to reclaim every inch of land occupied by russia. "people sitting at home who say counteroffensive should move faster should try to do it themselves," says ukraine's chief of public relations, for its territorial defense forces. "we can only advance after
lost and regain their freedom. the president also met with people who lost their homes and pledged to send more aid. and he promised to make a new push for ukraine's membership in the eu. a mural been a french art effort known as c215, adorns the buildings in kyiv. it depicts a ukrainian soldier held as a prisoner of war last december. the painting is the encryption "glory to ukraine." the words he reportedly said before he was brutally killed. ukraine's has said the street art has appeared in liberated regions like bucha and issue people and elsewhere. and ukrainian refugees are among those who pope francis is bringing the message of hope. this is the scene in budapest right now as the pontiff holds an open-air mass.
A Russian girl who was sent to an orphanage after drawing an anti-war picture, for which her father was convicted for discrediting the armed forces, has been collected by her mother who has not lived with the family for at least seven years.
but the story began last year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problem started. town counsellor 0lga podolski says masha's father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school, shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translate: her father alexei | told me he was dumbfounded. then the police began checking his social media. they told him he was bringing up his daughter in a bad way. the authorities want everyone to toe the line. no one is allowed to have their own opinion. alexei is under house arrest and not allowed to talk to us. since masha drew that picture, he's been charged twice with discrediting the russian army. he could now be sent to prison.
media, and now risks losing his daughter. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the town of yefremov. this is the last time masha moskalyov was seen in public. police had just detained her father for anti—war social media posts. masha was taken to a children�*s home. it was on 1 march. but the story began last year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problems started. town counsellor olga podolski says masha�*s father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school, shocked by the drawing, had called the police. translation: her father alexei told me he was dumbfounded. l then the police began
who drew this has been removed from her father after her school objected to it and reported her to the police. herfather is being prosecuted for anti—war posts on social media and now risks losing his daughter. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from the town of yefremov. this is the last time masha moskalyova was seen in public. police had just detained her father for anti—war social media posts. masha was taken to a children�*s home. it was on i march. but the story began last year with a picture. 12—year—old masha drew it at school. "glory to ukraine," it says. "no to war," as russian missiles fly in. then the problems started. town counsellor olga podolskaya says masha�*s father, a single parent, contacted her to say the school,