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In their most serious rebuke against Beijing, NATO allies on Wednesday called China a “decisive enabler” of Russia's war against Ukraine.

STORY: :: NATO's chief says 'all allies agree that Ukraine will become a member' :: Jens Stoltenberg :: NATO Secretary-General "All allies agree that Ukraine will become a member, but it's too early to say exactly when that will happen. What I can say is that we are moving together with Ukraine closer and closer to NATO membership. And we do that by concrete actions. Because Ukraine's membership is partly about the language, the wording, we will agree on later today in the NATO declaration about membership for Ukraine. But it also is very much about the concrete actions that are being taken to move Ukraine closer to membership." :: Washington, D.C. :: July 10, 2024 Stoltenberg said NATO allies were expected to agree to a "substantial" package for Ukraine and would expand other partnerships particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. Stoltenberg said the package would involve a new NATO command for Ukraine to provide security assistance and training, and a long-term pledge to continue and sustain support for Kyiv. He said there would be new announcements of immediate military support, including air defense and moves to ensure full interoperability between Ukrainian forces and NATO forces. He also said he expected allies to reiterate a commitment that Ukraine will become a member of NATO.

President Joe Biden announces the U.S. and an array of other NATO allies will send Ukraine dozens of air defense systems in the coming months that Kyiv has been desperately seeking to help fight off Russian advances in the war.

STORY: Donations poured in on Tuesday (July 9) to help rebuild the main children's hospital in Kyiv... As Ukraine observed a national day of mourning for the more than 40 people killed a day earlier in a major Russian missile assault which struck cities across the country. The Okhmatdyt children’s hospital, one of the largest in Europe, was devastated during the attack. The U.N. rights head of mission Danielle Bell had a team on the ground. "My team spent most of yesterday at the incident site speaking with medical staff, parents of children and residents that live in the area surrounding the hospital. Analysis of the video footage and an assessment made at the incident site indicates a high likelihood that the children's hospital suffered a direct hit rather than receiving damages due to an intercepted weapon system.” The Ukrainian Security Service also said the hospital was directly hit, releasing photos on Tuesday of what it said were fragments of the Russian missile that struck it. Moscow denies this, saying the hospital was struck by Ukrainian anti-missile fire, without providing evidence. Rescue efforts at the hospital ended early on Tuesday, with two dead and dozens wounded. Flags flew at half mast in Kyiv as the search concluded. And elsewhere in the capital, dashcam footage appears to show the moment a maternity clinic was hit during an attack on Monday (July 8), where at least seven people were found dead. Rescuers also dug through the rubble of a partially destroyed residential building hit by another missile. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on messaging app Telegram that more than 100 buildings were damaged in the attack. And 400 people were involved in the rescue effort. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov repeated Moscow's insistence that it does not attack civilian targets in Ukraine. Bell said that the attack shows nowhere, including a children's hospital, is safe in Ukraine. "670 child patients, mainly inpatients, were there together with more than a thousand medical staff. At least two children were killed including a female doctor and at least 50 were injured including seven children. Staff had moved the children to a bunker yesterday morning when the air raid sirens first went off otherwise the casualties would have been much higher.” Big Ukrainian businesses rushed to announce donations for the hospital. And while there was no available figure, as of Tuesday Reuters calculations put the amount raised from Ukraine’s corporations at about $7.3 million.

Russia’s war on Ukraine is demolishing the seeds of a sports culture that was a European powerhouse. But there are reasons for hope. Eight-year-old Oleksandra Paskal lost her left leg in a Russian attack, but still has the grit and dedication to win rhythmic gymnastics competitions.

Russia launched a barrage of missiles against multiple Ukrainian cities Monday in a rare daytime attack that hit the main children's hospital in the capital city, Kyiv. CBS News senior foreign correspondent Elizabeth Palmer has the latest.

Ukrainian athletes training for the Paris Olympics are torn between their sport's demand for complete concentration on the here and now, and the war back home that is never far from their minds. Kateryna Tabashnyk is a 30-year-old high jumper who is training in southern Portugal. Her hometown of Kharkiv is under daily bombardment and she thinks often of the Russian missiles that have stolen so much: her mother, her apartment, a pain-free childhood for her nephew, even the fields where she trained. (AP Video by Vasilisa Stepanenko, Emilio Morenatti/Produced by Susie Blann)