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STORY: Ukraine’s military is running chemical weapons drills like this… As it says Russia is ramping up the illegal use of riot control agents on the front to clear out trenches. One infantryman says a drone dropped a tear gas grenade on his trench in the eastern front in January. "I didn't get hit hard by [it] because I quickly put on my gas mask,” he says. “It’s not lethal, but it disturbs and knocks you out. It makes it very difficult to carry out your duties once you’ve inhaled it.” More than two years since its full-scale invasion, Russian forces are advancing slowly but steadily in the east. Kyiv has recorded around 900 uses of riot control agents by Russia in the past six months, a number that goes up every month, according to Colonel Serhii Pakhomov. He's Ukraine's acting head of the military's atomic, biological and chemical defense forces. Five hundred troops needed medical care after exposure - and at least one died after suffocating on tear gas, he says. "In addition to demoralization, the person loses physical ability – he can’t see, he can’t breathe, everything is irritated. Yes, it is temporary, but it is the very moment the enemy can use to take over this position or another." The international Chemical Weapons Convention bans the use of agents such as tear gas on the battlefield. Both Russia and Ukraine are signatories. LENNIE PHILLIPS: “.... that it's still being used, still being engaged, it is deliberate agreement by Russian seniority to break the chemical weapons convention." Lennie Phillips is a senior research fellow on chemical weapons at the Royal United Services Institute in England. He says the use of agents has been advertised on Russian TV. And that there's little room for plausible deniability from troops in the field. “I think it's fairly clear in my mind that the idea that local commanders are using it themselves without knowing that they're breaking the chemical weapons convention; I think that idea is now gone." Russia’s defense ministry did not respond to a request for comment. Moscow has previously accused Ukrainian forces of using chemical weapons, something Kyiv denies. Reuters has not been able to independently verify the use of banned chemical substances by either side.

At least a dozen people have died and more are injured after three missiles hit the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, the Associated Press reports. BBC News Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has the latest from Kyiv.

STORY: Reuters was able to confirm the location of the video from the buildings, the bus stop and walls which matched file and satellite imagery of the area. "Chernihiv" is also written on a bus seen in the video. Puddles on the ground were consistent with weather reports for the area for the previous 24 hours. As Russia continues to pound Ukrainian cities starved for air defense, the country's top officials intensified pleas for international support, saying the devastation could have been avoided.

House Speaker Mike Johnson took a bold step to pass aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which had been stalled in a political fight in Washington for several months

STORY: This Ukrainian man alleges he was tortured by Russian occupying forces and he has now filed a legal complaint halfway around the world in Argentina. It's an unusual bid seeking accountability for alleged war crimes when prosecutors in Kyiv are overwhelmed. The man asked not to be identified by Reuters for fears for his family's safety still in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine. Reuters has seen his near 70-page complaint, filed on Monday (April 15) in the Federal Court in Buenos Aires. It accuses one named person, two identified by their call signs or military insignia, and others who are unnamed of using electrocution and unlawful imprisonment as forms of torture in mid to late 2022. “I was detained at work. Then they tortured me. They used electric shocks. It was incredibly painful, so I lost consciousness. I was lucky to survive. Many people are still there.” He alleges 12 to 20 people were held in cells 32-feet squared in the detention center he was held in. The man's legal team said he was eventually released without charge and fled to safety. The complaint also contains testimony from other prisoners at the detention facility that support the allegations. Reuters was unable to independently confirm specifics of the victim's account and the Russian defense ministry on Monday declined to comment. Moscow denies committing war crimes in Ukraine and has dismissed previous International Criminal Court war crimes arrest warrants as part of a biased Western campaign to discredit Russia. The man's complaint is supported by members of Ukraine-based NGO The Reckoning Project and legal advisor Tsvetelina Van Benthem. “It is hoped, of course, that justice will be brought to bear on them, directly. But even if they're just arrest warrants or extradition orders at any particular stage, this will still make the world feel very much smaller for them.” If accepted by Argentinian prosecutors, the case will be the first filed outside of Europe and the U.S. looking at alleged Russian war crimes. Over 126,000 war crimes cases have been filed since the February 2022 invasion by Russia creating an "unprecedented challenge" for the country's justice system, according to the Prosecutor General's office. After landmark trials of the leaders of its former military dictatorship, Argentina has become a global leader in universal jurisdiction. Prosecutors can bring cases for war crimes and crimes against humanity in other countries even if the victims and perpetrators have no link with Argentina.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is moving to help Israel, Ukraine and Taiwan by splitting a foreign aid bill into pieces to bypass some fellow Republicans who object to sending more money to Ukraine. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion has more.

House Speaker Mike Johnson plans to break up plans to bring four separate measures to the floor: one for Israel, one for Ukraine, one for Taiwan and a final bill with conservative measures.

STORY: Leaving a meeting of House Republicans on Monday evening, Johnson said the narrowly divided chamber would consider a total of four bills that would also include aid to Taiwan, U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific and U.S. national security priorities. "We know the world is watching to see how we respond," Johnson told reporters. "They're watching to see if America will stand up for its allies and for our own interests around the world. And we will." U.S. aid has been delayed by Johnson's unwillingness to consider a $95 billion bipartisan bill passed by the Senate in February, including $14 billion for Israel and $60 billion for Ukraine. It also included billions to strengthen allies in the Indo-Pacific, where China is becoming more assertive, and for international humanitarian aid. Johnson said the new House bills would provide roughly the same amount of foreign aid as the Senate bill, but would include differences, including some aid in the form of a loan. Republicans plan to release the legislative text as early as Tuesday (April 16) morning, but will observe a 72-hour review period before voting. Johnson said a vote on passage could come late on Friday. The push to pass the aid took on added urgency after Iran's weekend missile and drone attack on Israel, despite fierce opposition in a deeply divided Congress. Three of the four bills proposed by Johnson would cover Ukraine, Israel and the Indo-Pacific. The nature of the fourth was not immediately clear.

STORY: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida urged members of the U.S. Congress to maintain their support of Ukraine on Thursday. During his address inside the House chamber, he told lawmakers to overcome (quote) "self-doubt" about America’s role on the world stage. “The leadership of the United States is indispensable. Without U.S. support, how long before the hopes of Ukraine would collapse under the onslaught from Moscow?” U.S. President Joe Biden's request for $60 billion in aid for Ukraine passed the Democratic-led Senate with 70% support in February. It has been stalled in the Republican-controlled House as Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to allow a vote. Kishida said the fall of Ukraine could embolden China and spark a new crisis in East Asia. "China's current external stance and military actions present an unprecedented and the greatest strategic challenge, not only to the peace and security of Japan but to the peace and stability of the international community at large.” Kishida and Biden held talks at the White House Wednesday where they discussed among other things joint defense cooperation including a new missile defense system. On Thursday, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Junior joined them. The meeting comes as China steps up pressure on the Philippines in the South China Sea over an area Beijing claims but international law says belongs to the Philippines. The U.S., Japan, The Philippines and Australia held joint maritime exercises in the South China Sea Sunday ahead of this summit.

Kyiv is having to make tough choices about what to protect as Moscow renews attacks on Ukraine’s energy systems. The wave of strikes are part of Russia’s campaign to exploit delays in Western aid. Photo: Sergey Kozlov/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday to discuss new military aid for Ukraine, which has been stalled in Congress for months. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis reports.

The two countries at war are accusing each other of the three drone strikes on the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.

Lawmakers returned to Capitol Hill on Monday after a two-week-long break with several priorities left to address, including aid to Ukraine. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion unpacks the number of issues Congress hopes to tackle.

Lawmakers are returning to Capitol Hill after a two-week recess. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports on if Congress will move forward with aid for Ukraine and funding for Baltimore following the deadly bridge collapse.