riders to safety. also, what happens with reward money for the suspect s arrest. tax day backlog. why the i.r.s. is pleading with americans to file electronically as monday s deadline approaches. jackie robinson day. 75 years after he broke the major league color barrier, baseball celebrates number 42. and, on the road. meet the carpet cleaner whose hobby has everyone talking. this is the cbs evening news with norah o donnell, reporting from the nation s capital. garrett: good evening to our viewers in the west. thank you for joining us. i m major garrett, in for norah. there is clarity tonight on one of the most important events in the war in ukraine. a senior u.s. defense official confirms that two ukrainian anti-ship missile strikes first disabled, then sank, one of russia s most important warships. in response, russian forces shelled several cities in southern and eastern ukraine today. they also hit a facility on the outskirts of kyiv, ukraine s capital. the head o
crown jewel of russia s black sea naval fleet, a symbol of national pride and naval firepower. and now the guided missile cruiser has sunk, the victim of an apparent missile strike by the ukrainian military. satellite images show the moskva in port in crimea just last week. sources say u.s. and western intelligence believe ukrainian s claim of a missile strike are credible. russia says a fire broke out on board the ship, igniting munitions. it was famous for snake island when its crew told coast guardsmen to surrender. the ukrainians responded telling the ship where to go. the strike on the moskva is just the first. there is much more to come. and in the u.s., the pentagon press secretary played up the victory for the ukraine. this is a big blow to the black sea fleet. this is a cruiser, a very, very capable warship with almost 500 sail owners board, and a key part of their efforts to execute some sort of naval dominance in the black sea. so this is going to have an effect
afraid. i mean, not be afraid, be ready. but that is not a question to ukraine. and not only for ukraine. for all the world. i think so. more new cnn reporting this hour. the american secretary of state is telling european allies, he believes putin s invasion may last the rest of the year. and there are important battlefield developments today. the crown jewel of russia s navy, the mosqkva now at the bottom of the sea. the big loss may complicate moscow s battle plan as it tries to take the south and the east. overnight, russian retaliation. moscow hitting a military facility on the outskirts of kyiv. russia says it will launch more attacks on targets in and around the capital in the coming hours. in mariupol, time is simply running out. key military commander there says the ukrainian flag is still flying, but russia claims critical advances and appears quite close to capturing that city. along the front lines in donetsk. everything under attack. a ukrainian official says
it s the source of a pentagon scramble. the united states is now promising to deliver heavier and deadlier weaponry. helicopters, howitzer cannons and more. overnight ukraine said it put a major military win on the scoreboard. russia s premier warship in the black sea sustained major damage. ukraine claims it struck it with a cruise missile. russia blames the damage on an accidental fire. the pentagon today says it has not determined the cause and says the ship is still afloat, but in need of major repairs. mariupol remains under attack on all sides. debris lines just about every nook and cranny of that city. ukrainian officials say thousands are dead. russian state media claims this is battlefield progress. a video apparently showing ukrainian soldiers surrendering. cnn is unable to determine if this is real or if it is kremlin propaganda. we start our coverage on the front lines in ukraine in lviv with cnn s matt rivers. what s the latest? yeah, john, the big headline is
detonated two smoke grenades remains on the loose tonight. he shot ten people and injured 13 others. at the height of the morning rush hour. police have identified and released a name of a so-called person of interest this evening. we ll bring you the latest on the massive manhunt live from the scene shortly. but first, for the very first time, 48 days into this russian onslaught in ukraine, president biden used the word genocide to describe the atrocities that putin and his troops are committing here. listen closely to his remarks in iowa today. the ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide half a world away. that is significant because until that speech, both biden and the biden administration have avoided using the term genocide, which is defined by the united nations as acts committing with intent to destroy in whole or in part a national ethniccal, racial, or religious group. and president biden doub