Tonight, the civilian death toll in Ukraine rises, but the Defense Department says Russian troops are essentially frozen, and the Ukrainian resistance is working as the war enters week four.

President Zelensky surprises a Ukrainian family in the hospital, with word tonight of survivors in a theater's bomb shelter housing hundreds of

women and kids. The satellite images showing the word children written in Russian so the building

would be spared. Warning to China. President Biden plans to tell President Xi tomorrow there

will be consequences if the Chinese send military aid to Russia.

U.S. military aid to Ukraine. The latest on the kamikaze drones, the anti-tank missiles,

and other equipment to help the Ukrainian resistance. The picture that stunned the world.

Tonight, our conversation with the widower who lost his entire family as they fled violence.

WNBA stars detention extended.

Brittany Griner to remain in Russia on drug charges

until May.

Eye on America, the growing problem as grocery stores

disappear in some communities.

And today's other top headlines breaking news about who was driving the truck in that crash

that killed members of a college golf team, plus millions in the path of severe weather,

and a deadly 50 vehicle pile up in Missouri.

This is the CBS Evening with Nora O'Donner, reporting from the nation's capital.

Good evening and thank you for joining us on this Thursday night.

Tonight, even with Russia stalling in its invasion of Ukraine, the brutality of Russian forces has shocked the world.

The Secretary of State with an ominous message today,

warning that Vladimir Putin is growing more and more desperate

and could be preparing to use chemical weapons.

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