President Biden heads east from Brussels to Poland today, where he met with U-S troops stationed only a few dozen miles away from the Ukrainian border. The president telling them the consequences of the war in Ukraine could extend around the world. This comes before meeting with Ukrainian refugees in the country and delivering a major address tomorrow--so we'll head to Poland.

The war in Ukraine has forced families to make brutally tough decisions: escaping advancing Russian troops sometimes means having to leave relatives behind. We talked to one woman from Mariupol who escaped but wasn't able to get a hold of her grandma who was still there. Well, we have an update for you. 

Russia's military might be kinda, sorta throwing in the towel on its original war ambitions to take over all of Ukraine. Top Russian generals today insisted they never wanted to occupy big cities like Kyiv; instead they're concentrating on holding territory in Eastern Ukraine. Does this mean Russia is losing? 

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