News Wrap: Russian offensive drags on in Ukraine amid ceasefire talks

John Yang:

In the day's other headlines, Russia struck Odessa's port facilities in southern Ukraine overnight. Eight people were killed and 27 injured. It comes after Moscow threatened to cut Ukraine off in the Black Sea. Russia also says it's taken control of two more Ukrainian villages in the Donetsk and Sumy regions, despite U.S. efforts to get a ceasefire agreement the Ukrainian soldier fighting in Donetsk said it would be meaningless.

Hrubyi, Ukrainian Artilleryman (through interpreter):

I don't believe in a ceasefire. It's all just empty talk. Why? Because Putin will gather more forces, regroup and move on.

John Yang:

A Russian envoy arrived in Miami today for talks on a U.S. plan to end the war. Yesterday, Ukrainian negotiators began separate talks with U.S. officials in Miami.

The Israeli army struck a school in Gaza City that was sheltering displaced people. The dead and wounded were taken to Al Shifa Hospital. Among the seven killed were six members of Nafez al Nassr's family who were asleep. He said he was celebrating a wedding in a nearby classroom.

Nafez Al-Nathr (through interpreter):

We dispersed in panic, looking for our loved ones, and we saw body parts everywhere. The children, the elderly, the young women, body parts everywhere. The joy stopped immediately.

John Yang:

The Israeli military told PBS News that had been targeting a number of suspicious individuals, but is aware of a claim of civilian casualties and that the details are under review. Hamas called it a brutal crime and yet another violation of the cease fire agreement.

U.S. Central Command has released video of Friday's U.S. strikes on more than 70 targets in Syria said to be Islamic State fighters and weapons. It was the retaliation that President Trump had promised after an ambush attack last week killed two U.S. troops and a civilian American interpreter.

The Jordanian air force confirmed that it joined the U.S. operation to prevent extremist groups from threatening regional security.

And a paraplegic engineer from Germany has become the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space. It was a dream come true for Michaela Benthouse. She blasted off aboard a Blue Origin capsule along with five other space tourists. The 10 minute suborbital space flight was intended to let the passengers experience a few minutes of weightlessness in outer space.