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PBS News Hour - Segments

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

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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In our news wrap Saturday, Russian attacks on Ukraine continued amid U.S. efforts to negotiate a ceasefire, the Israeli army struck a school in Gaza that was sheltering displaced people, U.S. Central Command released video of Friday's strikes in Syria, and an engineer from Germany became the first person who uses a wheelchair to go to space. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In the day's other headlines, Russia struck Odessa's port facilities in southern Ukraine overnight.

0:06.0

Eight people were killed and 27 injured.

0:09.0

It comes after Moscow threatened to cut Ukraine off from the Black Sea.

0:13.0

Russia also says it's taken control of two more Ukrainian villages in the Donetsk and Sumi regions.

0:19.0

Despite U.S. efforts to get a ceasefire agreement,

0:21.6

the Ukrainian soldier fighting a Dinesk said it would be meaningless.

0:25.6

I don't believe in a ceasefire.

0:29.6

It's all just empty talk.

0:31.6

Why? Because Putin will gather more forces, regroup and move on.

0:35.6

A Russian envoy arrived in Miami today for talks on a U.S. plan to end the war.

0:42.3

Yesterday, Ukrainian negotiators began separate talks with U.S. officials in Miami.

0:47.3

The Israeli army struck a school in Gaza City that was sheltering, displaced people.

0:52.3

The dead and wounded were taken to Al-Shefa hospital.

0:56.1

Among the seven killed were six members of Nafas Al-Nathar's family who were asleep. He said he was

1:01.9

celebrating a wedding in a nearby classroom. We dispersed in panic looking for our loved ones,

1:08.5

and we saw body parts everywhere. The children, the elderly,

1:12.5

the young, women, body parts everywhere. The joy stopped immediately.

1:18.4

The Israeli military told PBS news that had been targeting a number of suspicious individuals,

1:23.7

but is aware of a claim of civilian casualties and that the details are under review.

1:28.9

Hamas called it a brutal crime and yet another violation of the ceasefire agreement.

1:34.2

U.S. Central Command has released video with Friday's U.S. strikes on more than 70 targets in Syria,

1:39.8

said to be Islamic state fighters and weapons.

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