Mariupol, Ukraine mayor says 'This is the new Auschwitz'

The U.S. military is training Ukrainian soldiers in the U.S. to use armed drones to attack Russian tanks and other armored vehicles, The New York Times reported.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin disclosed the training in House testimony Tuesday. Pentagon officials offered more details on Wednesday about the Switchblade drones and how U.S. officials are instructing Ukrainians to use them against Russian forces.

The U.S. had previously sent Switchblade drones to Ukraine, which one expert told Fox News could be a "game-changer."

Fox News White House correspondent Peter Doocy has the latest on the U.S. response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict on 'Special Report.'

Athletes from Russia and Belarus previously accepted to compete in this year's Boston Marathon who are currently residing in either country will no longer be allowed to participate, the Boston Marathon Association announced Wednesday.

The exclusion from the world’s oldest annual marathon also extends to athletes previously accepted into the B.A.A.'s 5K event. 

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'The Five' discuss the actor's assessment of the Ukraine war.

Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov explains why he does not trust a Russian poll on 'Your World.'

Lt. Gen. Richard Newton discusses the rising threat of Putin becoming exceeding desperate on 'Your World.'

Human Rights Foundation chairman Garry Kasparov takes the pulse of Russia and reveals if Putin’s days are numbered on ‘Your World.’

The Russian military's pullout from Kyiv and surrounding cities – though rife with gruesome civilian casualties – is essentially a victory for the Ukrainians and an opportunity for the West to materially help them while Russia reportedly regroups, a former NATO deputy commander told Fox News.

United Kingdom Gen. Sir Richard Shirreff told "The Story" that while the civilian toll is massive and disturbing, any withdrawal from the battlefield is categorically a win for the remaining side.

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Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen dug into President Biden on "America Reports" Wednesday for being behind the curve at "every point" of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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Ukrainian authorities searched for bodies in areas around the nation's capital city on Wednesday

Investigators sought to document what appeared to be widespread killings of civilians by Russian forces.

Ukrainian authorities have said the bodies of at least 410 civilians have been found in towns around Kyiv and dozens of corpses in civilian clothes were counted in Bucha.

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Lt. Col. James Carafano discusses the U.S's developing strategy in using sanctions to financially exhaust Russia on 'The Story.'

President Biden joked about the possibility of the Russian invasion of Ukraine to expand to directly involve the U.S. military on Wednesday, telling union workers, "If I gotta go to war, I'm going with you guys."

Biden made the statement during an address to union workers at the North American Building Trades Unions legislative conference Wednesday. Biden opened his speech with a lengthy section addressing new sanctions against Russia.

"This fight is far from over," Biden said. "Here's the point: This war could continue for a long time, but the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom."

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Fox News national correspondent Griff Jenkins speaks with Ukrainians at train station in Lviv.

President Biden announced sanctions targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s daughters Wednesday as part of punishments related to alleged war crimes in Ukraine. 

The sanctions will hit Mariya Putina and Katerina Tinkonova, Putin’s two adult daughters, as well as Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin; the wife and children of Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov; and members of Russia’s Security Council, including former president and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. 

The penalties cut off all of Putin’s family members from U.S. financial systems and freezes any assets they hold in America. 

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President Joe Biden suggested Wednesday that the ongoing war in Ukraine could become a prolonged conflict, but vowed that the U.S. will stand beside Ukraine every step of the way.

"This fight is far from over. Here's the point -- this war could continue for a long time, but the United States will continue to stand with Ukraine, Ukrainian people in the fight for freedom," he said.

Biden, following the White House's announcement of a new package of sanctions against Russia, also said that "together with our allies, and our partners, we're going to keep raising the economic costs and ratchet up the pain for Putin and further increase Russia's economic isolation." 

"We're continuing to supply Ukraine with the weapons and resources they need to defend their country," he added.

"You know, we won't be able to advertise every piece of security we give... but advanced weapons and ammunition are flowing in every single day," Biden said.

NATO on Wednesday said it is bracing for a "major offensive" by Russian forces in eastern Ukraine just one week after Moscow said it would withdraw forces from around the capital. 

"We see that Russia is moving forces out of the north to re-enforce them, to re-supply them, to re-arm them, and then to move them into the east where we are expecting a major offensive," Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters. "President Putin's aim is to try to control the whole of Donbas and to establish a land bridge."

The NATO chief said security officials have not seen any indication that Russian President Vladimir Putin has changed his ambitions to control all of Ukraine, despite claims from Moscow that it would divert troops amid peace talks with Kyiv.

Russian negotiators said last week that the Kremlin would move soldiers from Kyiv and the northern city of Chernihiv to "increase mutual trust."

But following the removal of Russian troops from Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, hundreds of civilians were reported to have been found lying dead in the streets – some appearing to have been executed with their hands bound.

For more on this story: NATO expecting 'major offensive' from Putin eastern Ukraine, alliance preparing for 'long haul' war

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced the unsealing of an indictment against Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev for alleged sanctions violations. 

Malofeyev had been sanctioned by the U.S. after the Treasury Department identified him as a significant financial source for Russians promoting Crimean separatism and supporting the Donetsk People’s Republic. 

"After being sanctioned by the United States, Malofeyev attempted to evade the sanctions by using co-conspirators to surreptitiously acquire and run media outlets across Europe," Garland said in remarks Wednesday morning.

Garland said the U.S. is also seizing millions of dollars that are allegedly traceable to sanctions violations.

"The Justice Department will continue to use all of its authorities to hold accountable Russian oligarchs and others who seek to evade U.S. sanctions," Garland said.

For more on this story: Justice Department charges Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeyev with sanctions violations

More images are emerging showing Ukrainians scrambling for survival in hard-hit areas such as Bucha as the Russian invasion enters its 41st day. 

In one photo captured by the Associated Press, residents who escaped the alleged Russian atrocities there are seen crowding around a van in hopes of securing humanitarian aid. 

Elsewhere in Bucha, on the same day, a Ukrainian soldier was photographed zipping up a body bag containing one of four civilians who were found inside a charred vehicle. 

The devastation and heartbreak was documented in other parts of Ukraine as well, with images showing one resident walking through the rubble of an apartment building in Borodyanka and another photo depicting the family of a slain Ukrainian soldier standing near his coffin in Kramatorsk. 

That soldier, Anatoly German, leaves behind his wife, a 9-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son. 

For more on this story: Photos from Ukraine-Russia war capture aftermath in Bucha, destruction and heartbreak across country

The Mariupol City Council on Wednesday accused Russian forces of relying on a mobile crematorium to cover up their alleged war crimes in the southeast port city of Ukraine.

Mariupol, which has been partially occupied for weeks, has been the target of one of the most brutal Russian offensives in Ukraine since the invasion began in February. 

"The killers are covering their tracks," the city council said in several social media posts, adding that the Russians have set up "mobile crematoriums."

"Russia’s top leadership ordered the destruction of any evidence of crimes committed by its army in Mariupol," the council added in a translated statement, accusing Moscow of reacting to widespread condemnation over mass civilian killings in Bucha. 

Humanitarian access to the city has been blocked for weeks, with an estimated 160,000 residents unable to evacuate and lacking access to electricity, heating, health care and water, reported the U.K.’s Ministry of Defense. 

For more on this story: Russian crematoria operating in Mariupol: 'This is the new Auschwitz,' mayor says