The latest:

• Biden admin accelerates plans to reopen Kyiv embassy
• U.S. targets Russian TV stations in new sanctions
• Scholz: Russia should not set terms of peace deal with Ukraine
• Western allies unveil new Russia sanctions on V-E Day

• Justin Trudeau makes surprise visit to Ukraine
• Jill Biden makes surprise visit to Ukraine, meets first lady
• In photos: Jill Biden hears “heartbreaking” stories from Ukrainian refugees
• Governor: Dozens feared dead in Russian bombing of Ukrainian school
• Ukraine: All women, children and elderly evacuated from Mariupol steel plant

From axios.com on the Russian invasion of Ukraine:

The latest:

• Pentagon praises Ukraine’s military success
• Zelensky: Russians are using Nazi Goebbels’ propaganda tactics
• Pope tells Russian Orthodox leader: Don’t be “Putin’s altar boy”
• Israel weighs expanding military aid to Ukraine after U.S. request

• Tensions flare between Israel and Russia
• EU leader announces Russian oil embargo plans
• First Mariupol steel plant evacuees reach Ukrainian-held city
• Mariupol residents describe terrifying life under Russia’s onslaught
• “Ukraine’s finest hour”: Johnson echoes Churchill in speech to Ukraine’s parliament

From axios.com:

The latest:

• Pentagon: Russian assault on Donbas “behind schedule”
• Former U.S. Marine killed while fighting with Ukrainian forces
• Radio Free Europe journalist killed in Russian air strike on Kyiv
• Russia strikes Kyiv during UN chief’s visit
• How Russia’s war spills into African energy

• Lawmakers fret over dwindling Javelin supply
• Explosions in Transnistria fuel fears Ukraine war could spread
• Ukraine can opt to strike on Russian soil, U.S. says
• U.S. push for Ukraine “win” raises the stakes for Russia
• Ukraine files first war crime charges for Bucha atrocities

From axios.com:

The latest:

• Lawmakers fret over dwindling Javelin supply
• Explosions in Transnistria fuel fears Ukraine war could spread
• Ukraine can opt to strike on Russian soil, U.S. says
• U.S. push for Ukraine “win” raises the stakes for Russia
• Ukraine files first war crime charges for Bucha atrocities
• Biden sends Congress $33 billion request for Ukraine aid
• White House proposes plan to sell Russian yachts for Ukraine aid
• Report: Russia earned $66B in fuel exports since start of war on Ukraine
• U.S.: Credible reports Russian troops executed surrendering Ukrainians