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Why Russia's military operations have fallen short

When Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, there were concerns that Ukraine's military would quickly be outnumbered and overwhelmed. But Ukrainian forces have mounted a fierce resistance, and the war is still going on more than two months later. Michael Weiss, news director of New Lines Magazine, spoke to Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers on CBS News about what hasn't worked for Russia and new reporting about a high-level Russian official's visit to Ukraine.

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Russian Orthodox leader's support of war divides church

Patriarch Kirill, head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has framed President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in holy terms – as a defense of conservative values against a morally corrupt West. Now, the war has prompted dissent within the Orthodox Christian faith. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Orthodox adherents who say the message from their church's Moscow leadership and the Kremlin's war propaganda are one and the same.

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