Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
In high-profile display of solidarity with Ukraine on the eve of a key Russian military holiday, Jill Biden, the first lady, made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine on Sunday, hours before President Biden and other Group of 7 leaders were scheduled to meet virtually with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Canada’s leader, Justin Trudeau, also made an unannounced visit, traveling to view the devastation in the Kyiv suburb of Irpin, Ukrainian officials said.
The demonstrations of support came on a day when officials feared that dozens of people had been killed in a Russian airstrike that leveled a school in a village in eastern Ukraine, where fighting has intensified.
Moscow’s forces have renewed their assault in the east as they scramble to show progress before Monday, when Russia marks its annual May 9 holiday commemorating the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany in 1945. Read more
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