War in Ukraine: Two top Biden administration officials are expected to arrive in Kyiv

Published April 23, 2022 at 9:21 AM EDT

Residents and a rescue worker watch workers remove rubble from a residential building hit by a rocket the previous day on April 24, 2022 in Odessa, Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was scheduled to meet Sunday with Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin in Kyiv. Austin and Blinken will be the highest-ranking U.S. officials to visit Ukraine since the start of Russia’s invasion on Feb. 24. The trip comes as Ukraine marked Orthodox Easter with solemn prayers for those fighting on the front lines and others who are trapped in the crossfire.

Here's more context to understand Ukraine and the impact of the invasion:

Russian forces called in airstrikes on the besieged Azovstal steel factory in Mariupol to try to dislodge the last Ukrainian troops holding out there, Ukrainian officials said.
Ukraine marked Orthodox Easter with prayers for those trapped in places like Mariupol.
Six people were killed in Odesa when Russian cruise missiles struck an apartment building, according to Ukrainian officials.

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