Biden heads to Europe as NATO gears up for Ukraine summit: LIVE UPDATES
President Biden is traveling to Europe Wednesday ahead of a special NATO summit with other world leaders on the war in Ukraine.
Coverage for this event has ended.
China was the only country to join Russia in the UN Security Council, voting for a Russian draft resolution declaring a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.
Russia and China were the only two countries to vote in favor of the Russian-led effort, with the 13 other countries abstaining from the vote.
The draft resolution faced criticism because it did not mention Russia's involvement in the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.
The U.S. State Department said Russia has listed a number of its diplomats in Moscow as "persona non grata" and is in the process of having them expelled from the embassy.
The Russian foreign ministry on Monday said it was close to severing diplomatic relations with the U.S. - an unprecedented move - after complaining to U.S. Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan about President Biden's characterization of Russian President Vladimir Putin as a "war criminal."
The State Department called Wednesday’s move “Russia’s latest unhelpful and unproductive step” in relations between the countries. It urged Russia “to end its unjustified expulsions of U.S. diplomats and staff.”
Several U.S. diplomats have already been expelled from the embassy. The U.S. has also removed 12 Russian United Nations representatives based in New York.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Secretary of Defense Austin and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Milley have attempted reaching out to top Russian military leaders but have so far been ignored, according to reporting from the Washington Post.
American military leaders have been attempting to open up channels of communication in order to avoid any potential miscalculations that could lead to an escalation of the conflict, though those calls have gone unanswered by their Russian counterparts.
EXCLUSIVE: PONTE VEDRA, FLA.— Rep. Michael McCaul, the top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told Fox News Wednesday that President Biden needs to set "red lines" with regard to weapons of mass destruction with Russia, warning that Moscow’s potential use of nuclear weapons "would be a nightmare scenario."
During an interview with Fox News on the sidelines of the House Republican Issues Conference Wednesday, McCaul, R-Texas, said he hopes Biden will "show American leadership" this week during his trip to Brussels for a NATO summit and later, to Poland.
"I think he has to reassure our allies that we’re with them, and also to get these Eastern flank countries, NATO countries, to put into Ukraine anti-aircraft missiles—they have them, and they haven’t agreed to send them into Ukraine yet," McCaul said. "If we could get those in, Zelenskyy would have his no-fly zone, in addition to lethal drones."
The UK is set to announce a new support package to Ukraine, providing more military assistance as NATO leaders gather in Brussels to discuss a long-term strategy for the war.
“Vladimir Putin is already failing in Ukraine. The Ukrainian people have shown themselves to be extraordinarily brave and tenacious in defending their homeland, in the face of an unprovoked onslaught," UK Prime Minister Borris Johnson said in a statement.
“But we cannot and will not stand by while Russia grinds Ukraine’s towns and cities into dust. The United Kingdom will work with our allies to step up military and economic support to Ukraine, strengthening their defences as they turn the tide in this fight," he continued.
“One month into this crisis, the international community faces a choice. We can keep the flame of freedom alive in Ukraine, or risk it being snuffed out across Europe and the world.”
The 25 million pound package will include 6,000 new defensive missiles, which the Ukrainian military has been effectively using against the Russian invasion.
Support in Finland to join NATO has doubled since just one year ago, with a majority now voicing support for the first time since polling started in 1984.
Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA has collected data twice each year for almost 40 years to track attitudes and values, which includes politics, economics, foreign relations, the environment and well-being. Chief among those interests remains whether Finland should join NATO.
Results from Autumn 2021 found only 26% of the population supported joining NATO, but following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that number has leapt to 60% support for NATO membership. The same percentage of Finns support taking a decision this year on the matter.
Read more: Finland makes massive shift towards NATO, majority now support joining
American voters are closely following news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and want to help.
By a 63-32% margin, voters think the U.S. should be doing more for Ukrainians in their fight against Russia.
Fully 82% are concerned about the invasion and 76% approve of how Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is responding to it.
Read more: Fox News Poll: Voters want the US to do more to help Ukraine against Russia
A Radio France fixer and interpreter was tortured by Russian troops during a 9-day detention in Ukraine, according to the international non-profit Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
The journalist, referred to as "Nikita" for safety purposes, was beaten with an iron bar, tortured with electricity, and subjected to a mock execution during his captivity, RSF reported. RSF's stated aim is to promote and defend "the freedom to be informed and to inform."
The 32-year-old fixer and interpreter, who has worked with foreign media since 2013, was taken prisoner by Russian soldiers on March 5 in central Ukraine.
"Nikita’s account is frightening : machine-gunning of his car, torture with a knife and electricity, repeated beatings with rifle butts and steel bars in the face and body, mock execution, food deprivation for 48 hours…" RSF wrote, noting it had verified his testimony.
The U.S. government on Wednesday officially declared that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine but could not confirm whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be held accountable.
"We've been shocked by images of Russian forces and strikes hitting civilian sites in Mariupol, including the maternity hospital, a museum and an art school. The United Nations and other critical observers have confirmed hundreds of civilian deaths, and we believe that the exact civilian death toll will be in the thousands," U.S. ambassador at large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack told reporters.
The ambassador’s comments came just moments after Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the department had formally assessed that Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine.
Tennessee became the first state to receive child cancer patients from Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.
"Our promise to children with catastrophic diseases extends around the globe, and we are honored to play a part in helping these families move to safety to continue their children’s treatment," St. Jude President and CEO James R. Downing said in a press release Tuesday.
Four children and their families arrived Tuesday at St. Jude Children's Hospital in Memphis, the first U.S. hospital to take in Ukrainian patients. The children's ages range from nine months to 9 years old.
Tennessee becomes first state to take in young Ukrainian hospital patients
Nestle said Wednesday it will halt the sale of several nonessential products, including KitKat candy bars and Nesquik chocolate mix, in Russia in an unprecedented move amid pressure on the world's top consumer goods company after criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Nestle shares were down 1.3% Wednesday after hitting a session low shortly after the news. The statement was unusual for the maker of Maggi bouillon and Nescafe coffee, which has for decades continued to operate in war zones around the world.
The brands Nestle is suspending make up the "vast majority of volume and sales" in Russia, which totaled 1.7 billion Swiss francs ($1.82 billion) in 2021, a spokesperson said. Production of these items will also come to a halt.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is officially calling the actions by certain members of Russia's forces in Ukraine “war crimes.
"Blinken's comments come nearly a week after himself and President Biden said they personally believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.
“Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine," a statement from Blinken reads.
US Secretary of State Blinken says Russia is committing war crimes in Ukraine
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and chief of the general staff Valery Gerasimov attend a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Feb. 27. (Photo by Alexey Nikolsky/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
The head of Russia's Ministry of Defense Sergei Shoigu has not been seen in public for 12 days and is possibly missing, according to reports and messages circulated on Telegram on Wednesday.
Investigative journalists from the Russian independent news outlets Mediazona and Agentstvo claimed on Wednesday that the normally media savvy Shoigu has not appeared in public since March 11.
There are rumors that Shoigu is in poor health and is experiencing heart problems, while other messages are swirling online suggest Shoigu might have been fired from the ministry and is on house arrest, according to Russian journalists. Fox News has not yet independently verified these allegations.
Shoigu was last seen in public on March 11 presenting awards to Russian troops occupying Ukraine during what Russian President Vladimir Putin dubbed a "special military operation" but what the West has condemned as a full-scale invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine.
For more on this story: Russia’s Ministry of Defense Head Sergei Shoigu reportedly missing
Former Army Special Ops Intel Officer Brett Velicovich details the humanitarian crisis plaguing citizens stuck in Ukraine and his efforts alongside Project Dynamo to provide supplies and medical aid.
A golden toilet paper roll holder on Putin's yacht.
Photos showing the inside of Vladimir Putin's yacht currently moored in Italy reveal a lifestyle of luxury and grandeur behind the autocratic Russian president, as his country faces severe international economic sanctions due to the ongoing war with Ukraine.
The yacht includes excessive features ranging from a gold toilet paper holder in a marble bathroom, and a tile dance floor surrounded by water that can shift below floor level to become a pool. For the full set of photos, visit The Sun.
"Every surface is marble or gold. There are countless swimming pools, a spa, a sauna, a theater, ballrooms, a gym, two helipads. It’s like a mini city," one of the builders of the yacht told The Sun.
Other features on the six-deck, 459-foot yacht include a self-leveling pool table, a 16-foot aquarium, a Jacuzzi, a dining room, a judo gym, two helicopter pads, six jet skis and more, according to the outlet.
For more on this story: Inside Putin's luxury yacht
Russian Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Anatoly Chubais in 2016. (Sputnik/Kremlin/Alexei Druzhinin/Reuters)
Russian government official Anatoly Chubais stepped down from his position in the highest-level display of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Bloomberg reported that Chubais, 66, fled the country after leaving his role in protest, but Reuters noted that it is not clear why he decided to leave the country. Chubais reportedly hung up the phone when asked to comment on the matter.
His role as Special Envoy – specifically regarding climate and sustainable development – appears a small one, but he has supported and assisted Putin for decades. He first served as Deputy Prime Minister under Boris Yeltsin before transitioning to Kremlin Chief of Staff near the end of Yeltsin’s tenure.
But it was his work as an economic reformer with Putin that would create a truly lasting impression on the privatization of Russia’s industries. Chubais would go on to hold a number of top-level positions at various state companies, including RAO Unified Energy System of Russia.
For more on this story: Russian special envoy resigns over Ukraine invasion, reportedly flees country
A charred Russian tank is seen in the Kyiv region on Sunday. (Press service of the Ukrainian Ground Forces/Reuters)
A senior NATO military officer said Wednesday that the alliance believes between 7,000 and 15,000 Russian troops have been killed in the ongoing war in Ukraine.
The military officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, according to the Associated Press, said the estimate of the number killed is based on a combination of information from the Ukrainian government, indications from Russia, and open-source information.
The officer added that an estimate of 30,000 to 40,000 Russian casualties overall is derived from what he called a standard calculation that in war an army suffers three wounded soldiers for every soldier killed.
The casualties include killed in action and wounded in action, as well as those taken prisoner or missing in action, the officer said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that "I expect our allies will agree to provide additional support including cybersecurity assistance, as well as equipment to help Ukraine protect against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats."
Leaders from NATO member states are set to convene Thursday in Brussels for a special meeting on the war in Ukraine.
Western allies and Ukrainian officials are growing increasingly concerned that Belarusian troops mounting at the border will invade Ukraine to join Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces.
Belarus’ entry into the war could have broader implications in the Ukraine-Russia conflict, especially if Russian-commanded Belarusian troops enter through western Ukraine amid fears that the fighting could either purposely or unintentionally spill over the border into Poland, a member of NATO.
Belarus’ exiled opposition leader argued Tuesday that Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally and friend of Putin, "has already committed high treason" by allowing thousands of Russian troops to stage in Belarusian territory before invading Ukraine on Feb. 24.
In recent days, Belarusian railway workers coordinated an effort to sabotage railway lines to prevent the flow of supplies to Russian troops in Ukraine, according to Ukrainian railway officials.
For more on this story: Belarus possible invasion of Ukraine sparks domestic sabotage, wider NATO security concerns
Fox News reporter Alex Hogan discusses the ongoing Ukrainian refugee crisis plaguing Eastern Europe.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses Parliament Members in the French National Assembly on Wednesday in Paris. (AP/Francois Mori)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told France’s parliament Wednesday that the county could lead a new European order following Ukraine’s war with Russia.
“We need to think now of how we want to live after the war. We need guarantees,” Zelenskyy said. “And for these guarantees to be stable and to make sure war like this – the one were are having right now – will never happen again. We need a new security system in which maybe France will be the leader.”
Zelenskyy also said Russia’s military “does not distinguish different buildings -- they just destroy everything.
“They burn food supplies and medical supplies as well as universities. They do not take into account the concepts of war crimes,” he said. “They only bring terror to the Ukrainians.”
President Biden speaks with members of the press before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Wednesday in Washington. (AP/Patrick Semansky)
President Biden is traveling to Brussels on Wednesday to take part in a special NATO summit in Belgium and visit Poland to discuss international efforts to support Ukraine and punish Russia for its invasion.
The trip comes after Biden said there will be a "new world order" that must be led by the United States.
Departing the White House Wednesday morning, Biden was asked what he will say to European partners.
"I'm going to say it all to their face," Biden told reporters. "I'll be happy to talk to you guys when I get back."
For more on this story: Biden jets to Europe as 'new world order' comments reverberate
(Taps Ukraine)
Ukrainian war widows whose military loved ones died in 2014 when Russian troops took over Ukraine’s Crimea region have been providing aid to those on the front lines defending the country for the last several weeks against Russia's latest attack, saying they have "nothing left to lose."
These war widows and their families are part of a nonprofit called Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS) Ukraine. It's a peer-based support program that for the past seven years has been dedicated to helping families grieve the deaths of their fallen heroes.
The program was created in 2015, after Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine's Donbas region began an armed conflict, and modeled after the U.S.-based nonprofit Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.
For more on this story: Ukraine war widows providing aid on the front lines
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday that "any use of chemical weapons would totally change the nature of the conflict and it would be a blatant violation of international law and it would have far-reaching consequences."
Stoltenberg made the comment minutes after President Biden told reporters that he believes the risk of chemical weapons being used in the war in Ukraine is a "real threat."
Stoltenberg also said that "Russia must stop its nuclear saber-rattling."
"Russia must understand that a nuclear war should never be fought and they can never win a nuclear war," he added.
President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Wednesday. (AP/Evan Vucci)
President Biden is currently traveling to Brussels, Belgium ahead of a NATO summit there Thursday where world leaders will discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine.
Biden will be holding meetings "with our NATO Allies, G7 Leaders, and European Union Leaders to discuss international efforts to support Ukraine and impose severe and unprecedented costs on Russia for its invasion," the White House said earlier this week.
Biden will then travel to Poland Friday for a meeting with its president, Andrzej Duda.
Poland has been facing the brunt of the humanitarian crisis developing in Europe during the war in Ukraine. The United Nations estimates that more than 2 million people have sought refuge within its borders after fleeing Ukraine.
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg holds a press conference at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Wednesday. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP via Getty Images)
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Wednesday ahead of a key summit in Brussels that he expects world leaders “will agree to strengthen NATO’s posture in all domains, with major increases to our forces in the eastern part of the alliance, on land in the air and at sea.”
“The first step is the deployment of four new NATO battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia," Stoltenberg said. "Along with our existing forces in the Baltic counties and Poland, this means we will have eight multinational NATO battle groups all along the eastern flank from the Baltic to the Black Sea.”
“We face a new reality for our security so we must reset our deterrence and defense for the longer term,” Stoltenberg added as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine .
Russian climate envoy Anatoly Chubais has left his post and departed Russia over his opposition to Vladimir Putin's ongoing war in Ukraine, according to sources that spoke to Bloomberg.
The news outlet said the Kremlin did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding the 66-year-old's reported defection.
Putin had named Chubais Russia's envoy for sustainable development in 2021, it added.
Click here to watch on Fox News.
A Ukrainian Ohio resident sent a message to the Biden administration Wednesday as she pushes the White House for easier reunification of Ukrainian refugees with their American family members in the United States.
Diana Ewald and her sister Violetta Varga, who is currently in western Ukraine, joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss the challenges they have faced in reunification as Putin's assault continues.
"So the embassy in Ukraine is closed because of the war, so they're not able to get visas currently and they're not able to come over to the United States," Ewald said. "So what I'm asking for is not a refugee status, not bringing massive amounts of people over to the United States.
"All I'm asking for is humanity," she continued. "All I'm asking for is for my family to have the option to be able to come over and live in my home and wait this thing out."
Click here to read more on Fox News.
Mariusz Kamiński, the Minister of the Interior and Administration in Poland, said Wednesday that his county has expelled "45 Russian spies pretending to be diplomats."
"With full consistency and determination, we are breaking up the agents of the Russian secret services in our country," he tweeted.
Poland's Internal Security Agency also reported Wednesday that it detained a civilian who had access to Warsaw city archives over suspicions of spying for Russian secret services, according to the Associated Press.
"Given the nature of documents kept by those units, the activity of the suspect posed a threat to both internal and external security of Poland," the agency reportedly said.
Click here to read more on Fox News.
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a session of the G20 Leaders' Summit taking place in Rome, via teleconference in Moscow, on October 30, 2021. (Photo by Evgeny Paulin/Sputnik/AFP via Getty Images)
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin plans to attend the G20 summit at the end of October, the country’s ambassador to Indonesia said, while calling the West’s reaction to the war in Ukraine "disproportional," according to reports.
The summit is scheduled to be held in Bali, Indonesia, at the end of October.
"Not only G20, many organizations are trying to expel Russia," Russian Ambassador Lyudmila Vorobieva said during a news conference in Jakarta, Reuters reported. "The reaction of the West [to the war in Ukraine] is absolutely disproportional."
Click here to read more on Fox News.
Ukrainian Ohio resident Diana Ewald and her sister Violetta Varga, who is currently in Western Ukraine, joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the challenges they have faced as Putin's assault continues.
Current Russian military activity in Ukraine. (Fox News)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia's military has captured rescue workers and bus drivers trying to deliver humanitarian aid to the besieged city of Mariupol.
“We are trying to organize stable humanitarian corridors for Mariupol residents, but almost all of our attempts, unfortunately, are foiled by the Russian occupiers, by shelling, or deliberate terror,” Zelenskyy said Tuesday night in a video address to the nation, adding that the workers were detained by Russia along a route that had been agreed upon ahead of time.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russians seized 11 bus drivers and four rescue workers along with their vehicles. She said their fate was unknown.
The figures couldn’t immediately be confirmed.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Ukraine's First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Emine Dzheppar said Tuesday that a Russian soldier has killed a homeowner, raped his wife and threatened her child.
"It was established that [one of] Russia's soldiers broke into private house in one of villages, killed [an] unarmed owner and raped his wife, threatening her kid," she tweeted, citing the prosecutor's office of Ukraine.
Dzheppar also said the soldier has been identified.
It was not immediately clear where the alleged incident happened.
This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows burning and destroyed apartment buildings in Mariupol, Ukraine Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP)
Russian forces have shelled the Ukrainian capital overnight and onto Wednesday morning, injuring four people, according to the Associated Press.
A shopping mall, some private sector buildings and high-rises and other buildings across the districts of Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi were also destroyed.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) and the transatlantic alliance NATO's chief Jens Stoltenberg (R) hold a press conference on April 14, 2021 at NATO's headquarters in Brussels, as foreign ministers of the US, Britain, France and Germany hold talks today on Afghanistan, after the United States announced the withdrawal of all its troops from the country by September 11. (Photo by Kenzo Tribouillard / POOL / AFP) (Photo by KENZO TRIBOUILLARD/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg discussed continued international support for Ukraine amid their war with Russia.
"The Secretary of State reaffirmed the need for a strong and unified transatlantic response to the Russian government's war against Ukraine and welcomed the ongoing steps to strengthen NATO's deterrence and defense capabilities," the US State Department said, Ukrinform reported.
Blinken showed "unwavering commitment of the United States to Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The US State Department said the leaders "also discussed the large-scale humanitarian and defense assistance provided by NATO allies to Ukraine in bilateral formats."
Translation: "Military medic Kateryna Stupnytska died on March 10, 2022."
"Since 2014, the sergeant on the front line has repeatedly saved the lives of defenders of Ukraine."
"On March 19, 2022, the woman was awarded the title of Hero of Ukraine (posthumously). Eternal memory and eternal glory to the Heroes!"
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a statement ahead of this week's NATO and G7 summits.
"As of today, there are about a hundred thousand people in the city [Mariupol]. In inhumane conditions. In a complete blockade. No food, no water, no medicine. Under constant shelling, under constant bombing," he said.
"For more than a week now we have been trying to organize stable humanitarian corridors for Mariupol residents. And almost all our attempts, unfortunately, are disrupted by the Russian occupiers. By shelling or deliberate terror," Zelenskyy added.
He continued: "We continue to work at various levels to force Russia to peace. To the end of this brutal war. Ukrainian representatives are working on the negotiations, which continue virtually every day. It's very difficult. Sometimes scandalous. But step by step we are moving forward."
"We will work, we will fight in any way we can. Till the end. Bravely and openly. At all these sites. With full energy."
Russian President Vladimir Putin spokesman Dmitri Peskov refused Tuesday to say his nation would not use nuclear weapons if it thought Russia could be destroyed.
Peskov said the conditions were consistent with the nations national security concept. “If there’s a threat to the very existence of our country, it can be used in accordance with this concept,” he stated in response to the question of whether Russia’s use of nuclear weapons could be completely ruled out, according to the Russian government-controlled news site TASS.
"Russian military doctrine envisions use of nuclear weapons in a first use scenario if it is losing a conventional conflict. Ukraine is exactly the scenario for which this was developed,” said Rebekah Koffler, who is a former DIA intelligence officer who specialized in Russia.
“They fear U.S. intervention in Ukraine because they fear we are conventionally superior,” she said. “And if they interpret our action as offensive rather than defensive, that is when the viability of Russian statehood would be threatened, in accordance with the Russian national security concept and military doctrine.”
Russian troops destroyed a laboratory that helped improve management of radioactive waste at Chernobyl's nuclear power plant, the Ukrainian government said Tuesday.
The laboratory contained “highly active samples and samples of radionuclides that are now in the hands of the enemy, which we hope will harm itself and not the civilized world,” the Ukrainian state agency responsible for the Chernobyl exclusion zone said in its statement.
The laboratory was built in 2016 with the support of the European Commission at a cost of 6 million euros.
Forest fires also broke out near the plant on Monday, causing concerns that it could help spread radiation.
Russia took control of plant soon after invading a month ago.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Fox News correspondent Gillian Turner discusses warning of cyber attacks and how some lawmakers are pushing for more U.S. support in Ukraine on ‘Special Report.’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's office has launched a humanitarian website aimed at providing assistance to Ukrainians.
The website, help.gov.ua, has a number that people can dial as well as step-by-step instructions for delivering humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
The website comes as many Ukrainian cities have faced a constant barrage by Russian forces, with many residents struggling for food and medical supplies.
Click here for Tuesday's live coverage.
Live Coverage begins here