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•Ukrainian Official Says Russian Offensive In The East Has Started; Austrian Chancellor On Face-To-Face Meeting With Putin, Not A Friendly Visit, Sources Say U.S. Believes Putin May Ramp Up Election Interference; Austrian Leader On Meeting With Putin: "This Is Not A Friendly Visit!"; Russian Teacher Turned Into Authorities For Anti-War Comments Made In Classroom; CNN Inside Ukrainian Villages Decimated By Russian Troops; Judge Appears Likely To Allow Jan.6-Related Candidacy Challenge Against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. Aired 8-9p ET

•Elections in France; Interview With Former Prime Minister of Togo Gilbert Houngbo; Interview With Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. Aired 1-2p ET

•Ukraine: Russia Begin Major Offensive In Donbass Region; Putin Appoints General Known As "Butcher Of Syria" To Lead Troops; Soon: Biden To Announce New Gun Regulation, Name ATF Nominee. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
•Ukraine: Russia Begins Major Offensive In Donbass Region; Macron & Far-Right Challenger Le Pen To Face Off In Election Runoff; Russian Forces Accused Of Atrocities Across Ukraine; Aired 11:30a-12p ET

•President Zelenskyy's Warning; Homes For Refugees; Impact Of French Election. Aired 5-5:30p ET

•Ukraine: At Least 11 Civilians Killed In Russian Shelling Near Kharkiv; Zelenskyy: Tens Of Thousands In Mariupol Are Dead; United Nations: More Than 4.5 Million Ukrainians Flee Putin's War; Official: Biden "Candid" With Indian PM Over Neutral Stance On Ukraine; 26,000+ New Cases A Day In Shanghai Despite Strict Lockdown. Aired 4-5p ET
•Putin Appoints New General To Lead War In Ukraine; CNN And The Devastation Inside Ukraine; Russian Media Propaganda On War In Ukraine; Georgians Fear They Could Be Next Target Of Russian Invasion; U.S. Hospitalizations & Deaths Drop But New Cases Rising; Philadelphia Reimposing Indoor Masking As Of April 18; France's Macron, Le Pen Set For Rematch In Presidential Runoff; New York City Tourists Scramble After Manhole Explodes. Aired 5-6p ET

•Ukrainians Take Note Of The New Threat; Much Heavy Fighting Expected; President Zelenskyy Says The World Leaves Them In The Dark; Meetings With Austrian Leader Didn't Affect Putin's Mindset; Russian Troops Left Villages In Unrecognizable Condition; Russian Oligarchs Uses Dummy Accounts. Aired 10-11p ET
•Zelenskyy Warns Russia Could Use Chemical Weapons; Russia's 'Butcher Of Syria' Taking Over War Against Ukraine; Polish Jews Draw On Lessons Of Holocaust As They Help Refugees; Shanghai's Chaotic COVID Lockdown; Area Near Little Rock, Arkansas, Hit by Large And Extremely Dangerous Tornado. Aired 11p-12a ET

•Heavy Shelling in Kharkiv; Deadly Train Station Attack; Russian Assault in Donbas; Anastasia Radina is Interviewed about Ukraine. Aired 9-9:30a ET
•Runoff for President in France; Lauren Speranza is Interviewed about the French Election; New Rule Regulating Ghost Guns; Shooing at Gun Range in Georgia; Sanctions on Russia. Aired 9:30-10a
•Ukraine Bracing for Major Russian Assault in the East; Zelensky Says, Mariupol Destroyed, Tens of Thousands Dead There; Zelenskyy Pleads for Weapons as Russia Intensifies Attacks. Aired 10-10:30a ET
•Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) Says, It's Absolutely Clear Trump, Others Knew Actions on January 6 Were Unlawful; Pink Floyd Releases First New Song in Decades for Ukraine; Russian Teacher Faces Charges Over Anti-War Remarks in Class. Aired 10:30-11a ET
•Pentagon Holds Press Briefing; New General in Command of Russian Forces in Ukraine. Aired 1-1:30p ET
•S&P: Russia Has Defaulted on Its Foreign Debt; Oil Prices Settling Down after Spike from Ukraine Invasion; Soon, Biden to Announce New Regulations of "Ghost Guns"; Biden Expected to Name Steve Dettelbach As Nominee to Lead ATF; Russian Students Snitch on Teacher over Anti-War Comments; NYT: Jan. 6 Committee Split on Sending DOJ Criminal Referral on Trump over Concerns It Would Politicize the Investigation; Cheney to CNN: No Dispute on Panel over Trump Criminal Referral; Donald Trump Jr Texted Meadows Ideas for Overturning 2020 Election as Votes Were Being Counted; Key Ruling Imminent in Lawsuit Against GOP Rep. Greene's Candidacy. Aired 1:30-2p ET
•President Biden to Announce New Regulations on Ghost Guns; New General in Command of Russian Forces in Ukraine. Aired 2-2:30p ET
•Shanghai COVID Lockdown Leaves Residents Desperate for Food; Shanghai Reports 26K-Plus New COVID Cases Amid Lockdown; Biden Announces New Rule Regulating "Ghost Guns." Aired 2:30-3p ET
•Biden Announces New Rule Regulating "Ghost Guns"; Ukraine: Russia Begins Major Offensive In Donbas Area In The East; JetBlue Cancels Flights Due To "Challenging Staffing Situation"; Cheney: No Dispute In Committee Over Criminal Referral To DOJ. Aired 3-3:30p ET
•Zelenskyy: Mariupol Destroyed, Tens Of Thousands Dead There; Biden Announces New Rule Regulating Ghost Guns; U.N.: 4.5 Million Have Fled Russian Invasion Of Ukraine. Aired 3:30-4p ET
•Austrian Chancellor to Meet Putin in Moscow; Putin Appoints New War General with History of Brutality; Macron & Le Pen Set for Rematch of 2017 in Second Round; Shanghai Struggling to Contain COVID-19 Outbreak; Ukrainian President to Address South Korean Parliament; Lawmakers Look to Choose New PM after Ousting Khan. Aired 12-1a ET
•Ukraine Braces For A Renewed Russian Offensive On Its Eastern Front; Russia Appoints General With Cruel History To Oversee Ukraine Offensive; Macron, Le Pen Set For Rematch In French Presidential Election; NYC Mayor Eric Adams Tests Positive For COVID-19; China's COVID Zero Policy Defended As Shanghai Struggles To Contain Virus; Aired 1-2a ET
•Ukraine Prepares for Russia's Offensive in Eastern Ukraine; Dispersed Peaceful Protest in Kherson; First Round of French Presidential Elections; U.S. to Accept Ukrainian Refugees; U.S. Police Agencies Donate Protective Gear to Ukraine. Aired 2-3a ET
•President Zelenskyy Begs for More Weapons; New General Assigned by Putin to Handle the War; Putin Believes in Covert Operation; Chancellor Karl Nehammer Will Meet with Vladimir Putin; Emmanuel Macron Seek for a Second Term; Scheffler Wins First Green Jacket. Aired 3-4a ET
•Official: Another Train Stations Hit by Shelling; Ukraine Prepares for Renewed Russian Offensive; Austrian Chancellor to Meet Putin in Moscow; Macron and Le Pen Set for Rematch of 2017 in Second Round; Shanghai Struggling to Contain COVID-19 Outbreak; More Storms Threaten U.S. South and Central Plains. Aired 4-4:30a ET
•Ukrainian President Addressing South Korean Parliament; U.N.: Nova Ukraine Providing Humanitarian Aid to Ukrainians; Lawmakers in Pakistan Look to Choose New Prime Minister After Ousting Khan; Scottie Scheffler Dominates to Win First Career Major. Aired 4:30-5a ET

•Ukraine: Russia's Onslaught In East Has Already Started; Putin Appoints Butcher of Syria To Lead Russian Attacks; Zelenskyy Urges South Korea To Send Weapons. Aired 10-11a ET
•At Least 57 Killed in Friday's Station Missile Attack; Putin Appoints New War General with History of Brutality; Austrian Chancellor Meets Putin in Moscow; Israeli Army Ramping Up Operations in West Bank & Jerusalem; Ukraine: Russia's Offensive in East "Has Already Started"; Exhibition Traces Rise of UAE Art Scene. Aired 11a-12p ET

•New Video Shows Dozens Of Russian Vehicles Nearing Donbas; Sources: U.S. Believes Putin May Increase Efforts To Interfere In U.S. Elections Over Support For Ukraine; Ukraine's Top Commander: Heavy Fighting Underway In Mariupol; Zelenskyy: Tens Of Thousands Killed In The City; White House Warns More "Atrocities" Expected Under New Russian General; Shanghai Residents Fight Over Food, Blankets Amid Lockdown. Aired 7-8p ET

•Russia Gathers Forces for New Assault on Eastern Ukraine; Putin Appoints New General to Lead Ukraine War; Kramatorsk Train Station Missile Attack Death Toll Rises to 57. Aired 5-5:30a ET
•Macron And Le Pen Set For Rematch Of 2017 In Upcoming Runoff Vote; Biden To Announce New Gun Regulation, Targets "Ghost Guns"; Shanghai Struggles To Contain COVID-19 Outbreak. Aired 5:30-6a ET

•Austrian Chancellor Meets Putin in Moscow; World Bank: Russian War to Shrink Ukraine's Economy by Half; World Bank: War has Destroyed Critical Fields, Infrastructure; Kasyanov: Within a few Months every Russian will feel the Impact of Sanctions; Macron, Le Pen to Advance to Presidential Runoff; Musk Could Continue to Buy up Shares of Twitter. Aired 09-10a ET

•Ukraine: Russian Assault On Country's East Already Underway; Russian Shelling Batters East9 & South Ukraine; Putin Taps "The Butcher Of Syria" To Lead War; Satellite Images Show 8-Mile-Long Russian Convoy In East; Austrian Chancellor Delivers Direct, "Tough" Message To Putin; Zelenskyy: Our Survival Depends On U.S. Help; French Elections May Potentially Fracture NATO Unity On Ukraine; Biden Meets With Modi As India Refrains From Condemning Russia; Rep. Cheney: Strike On Train Station "Clearly Is Genocide". Aired 12-12:30p ET
•Ukraine: Russia Assault On Country's East Already Underway; NYT: 1/6 Committee Split Over Sending Criminal Referral Of Trump To Justice Department. Aired 12:30-1p ET

•Russia Appoints General with Brutal History to Take Over Ukraine War; CNN on Site of Deadly Train Station Attack; Satellite Images Show Russian Military Convoy East of Kharkiv; Ukraine: Russia's Onslaught in the East 'Has Already Started'; S&P: Russia Has Defaulted on Its Foreign Debt; White House Anxious about Expected Migrant Surge at Border. Aired 6-6:30a ET
•Maryna Mykhailova is Interviewed about Fleeing Mariupol; Obamacare at 12 Years Old; Heavy Shelling in Kharkiv. Aired 6:30-7a ET
•Heavy Shelling Reported in Kharkiv as Russians Begin Assault; Zelenskyy Hints at What Ukraine May Concede in Russia Talks; Anger, Desperation as Shanghai Lockdown Continues Over COVID. Aired 7-7:30a ET
•New White House COVID Coordinator On Uptick In U.S. Cases; Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) Discusses Lawmakers' Visit To Poland As Refugees Escape Russian Invasion; Ukraine's Biggest Rock Star Joins New Day On Russia's Invasion. Aired 7:30-8a ET
•Russian Forces Gathering in Eastern Ukraine in Preparation for Possible Military Breakthrough; Russian President Vladimir Putin Appoints Commander Known as "Butcher of Syria" to Oversee Military Operations in Ukraine; Report Indicates Russian Forces Taken NGO Members Prisoner in Ukraine. Aired 8-8:30a ET
•Russia Defaulted on Foreign Debt; Jane Harman is Interviewed about Russia; Cheney Says There's No Dispute in Committee; Shootings Across the U.S. Aired 8:30-9a ET

•S&P Says Russia Has Defaulted On Its Foreign Debt; Biden Tells Modi Not To Buy More Russian Oil; Russian Ruble Recovers Despite Sanctions; Shanghai Easing COVID Lockdown Despite Record Infections; Shahbaz Sharif Sworn In As Pakistan's New Prime Minister; Russia Targets Rail Stations In Eastern Ukraine. Aired 3-4p ET

•CNN TONIGHT: State Department Spokesman: "Russia Will Be Strategically Defeated"; Putin Appoints General Known As "Butcher Of Syria" To Lead Troops; Ukrainian Boy's Letter To Dead Mom Read At U.N. Meeting: "Thank You For The Best Nine Years Of My Life." Aired 9-10p ET

•Pentagon Says, Russia In Early Stages Of New Offensive In East; Zelenskyy Says Tens Of Thousands Dead In Mariupol; Russia's Butcher Of Syria Taking Over War Against Ukraine; Philadelphia Renews Mark Mandate Amid Rising Cases. Aired 6-7p ET

•A Disturbing Discovery After Russian Troops Left The Chernobyl Nuclear Plant; COVID Rules Reportedly Worsen Food Problems In China; An All-Civilian Crew Visits The ISS. Aired 4-4:10a ET

•Macron To Face Le Pen In French Presidential Election; Ukraine Braces For New Russian Offensive In The East; U.K.'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson Visits Kyiv; Ukraine's U.K. Ambassador Speaks To CNN On Lethal Aid Pledge; Reports: Kremlin Critic Detained In Moscow; Parliament Votes In Shehbaz Sharif As Prime Minister; Shanghai. Aired 2-3p ET