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Police make arrest in Russian cafe explosion

A woman has been arrested in connection to the cafe explosion that killed pro-war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged Moscow to release American journalist Evan Gershkovich, CBS News senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams reports from Ukraine. CBS News foreign correspondent Ian Lee joins Anne-Marie Green and Vlad Duthiers from London with more details, including on the call between Blinken and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov about Gershkovich and detained American Paul Whelan.

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U.S. journalist detained in Russia

Russian authorities said Thursday they've arrested a Wall Street Journal reporter on espionage charges. The Kremlin security service known as the FSB detained Evan Gershkovich, who is based in Moscow, claiming the American was trying to gather information for the U.S. government. The Wall Street Journal has denied the allegations and has called for his release. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Charlie D'Agata joined Vladimir Duthiers and Anne-Marie Green with details on the arrest.

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