As Monday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
President Biden named his pick for . He that Bridget Brink, a career diplomat and current ambassador to Slovakia, is the nominee for the post that has been vacant since 2019. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv this weekend, said the U.S. would worth of aid and is to the country after evacuating embassy personnel to Poland in February.
Russia fired in central and western Ukraine, according to Ukraine's national rail service. At least five people were killed and 18 were injured in strikes at railway stations in the west-central region of Vinnytsia, The Associated Press. The strikes cut electricity to several rail lines and delayed passenger service on dozens of trains. The attacks came of a visit by the U.S. .
Russia's ambassador to the U.S. called on the Biden administration to stop shipping weapons to Ukraine. In an interview with state media, he had delivered a formal diplomatic note to contest the arms deliveries. Russia has previously warned it views NATO weapons deliveries as .
Russia's Defense Ministry said it would from the besieged Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, but Ukraine said no humanitarian corridor agreement was reached. The plant is the last remaining Ukrainian-held outpost in the port city, which Russian forces have blockaded for much of the last two months. This weekend, Russia on the steel factory to dislodge Ukrainian troops holding out there.
Much of Europe welcomed the French election result, in which won a second term. His far-right opponent, Marine Le Pen, campaigned for a for France that would have involved pulling it out of NATO's integrated military command and backing closer NATO ties with Russia once the Ukraine war ends. Russian President Vladimir Putin on his reelection, according to the Kremlin. Macron has worked toward diplomacy with Russia over Ukraine, including a in February and .
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