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Anderson Cooper 360 Degrees
• Nearly 2.7 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine; Russian Missiles Hit Military Base Close to Polish Border; Russia Asks China for Military Assistance in Ukraine; China Already Helping Russia on Its War Propaganda; Growing Concerns About a Possible Chemical Attack in Ukraine; Ukrainian Refugees Continue to Flow into Poland; Feeding Ukrainian Refugees Fleeing the Frontlines of War; Sanctions Target High-Profile Russian Oligarch Roman Abramovich. Aired 10-11p ET


CNN Newsroom
• Russian Military Forces Continue Invasion of Ukraine; Russian Forces Moving Closer to Encircling Ukrainian Capital City of Kyiv; Mayor of Melitopol, Ukraine, Abducted at Gunpoint by Russian Soldiers; Kremlin Claims Ukraine Harbored Labs for Biological Weapons Research; Former Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko Interviewed on Ukrainian Resistance Efforts in Kyiv; U.S. and NATO Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine Examined; Ukrainians Fleeing to Poland and Romania to Escape Russian Invasion; Humanitarian Organization Provides Food to Ukrainian Refugees; French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz Urge Russian President Vladimir Putin to Institute Immediate Cease-Fire During Call. Aired 10-11a ET.
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment Of Cities Across Ukraine; French, German Leaders Urge Ceasefire In Call With Putin; Dozens Of U.S. Businesses Cut Ties With Russia Over War In Ukraine; Shelters Rescue Injured Animals From War-Torn Ukraine; Premier League Disqualifies Roman Abramovich As Director Of Chelsea; Ukraine Currently Second In Gold Medal Haul For Winter Paralympic Games. Aired 11a-12p ET
• Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) Is Interviewed About The Additional $200 Million In Security Assistance Ordered By President Biden To Ukraine; Poroshenko: Ukrainians Fighting The Invasion "Will Be Hell For Putin"; Zelenskyy: Negotiations With Russia "Must Begin With Ceasefire;" Russia's Invasion Unnerves Markets, Driving Up Gas Prices; Russia Intensifies Bombardment Of Key Ukrainian Cities. Aired 12-1p ET
• Ukraine: Overnight Shelling Sparks Warehouse Fire N.E. Of Kyiv; French, German Leaders Urge Immediate Ceasefire In Call With Putin; Biden Orders Release Of $200M In Security Assistance To Ukraine; German Interior Minister: Nearly 123K Refugees Have Arrived from Ukraine; Aid Group Connects Ukraine and U.S. Donors Through Curated Amazon List; Skyrocketing Inflation Upends U.S. Consumers, Small Businesses. Aired 1-2p ET
• Russian Military Forces Continue Invasion Of Ukraine; Russian Forces Moving Closer To Encircling Ukrainian Capital City Of Kyiv; Mayor Of Melitopol, Ukraine, Abducted At Gunpoint By Russian Soldiers; Ukrainians Fleeing To Poland And Romania; French President And German Chancellor Urge Russian President Vladimir Putin To Institute Immediate Ceasefire During Call; Pregnant Woman Who Fled Destruction Of Hospital In Ukraine Gives Birth To Healthy Child. Aired 2-3p ET
• Mass Graves Being Dug In Besieged Ukrainian City Of Mariupol Under Increasing Pressure And Heavy Russian Bombardment; Russian Strikes Around Ukraine's Capital Intensifying; Woman Seeks Help To Find Mother In Hard-Hit Irpin; U.N.: 2.5 Million-Plus Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since Invasion; Exiled Russian Oligarch: Ukraine War Will End Putin's Regime; Officials Say Putin Could Use Pretext To Launch Chemical Or Biological Weapons In Ukraine; Russian Invasion Sends Gas Prices Soaring. Aired 3-4p ET
• Airstrikes Hit Civilian Sites In Dnipro, Military Airfield In Lutsk; At Least 2.5 Million Refugees Have Fled Ukraine Since Invasion; Growing Concerns Over Three Americans Detained By Russia; Interview With Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX); CNN Goes Inside Hospital In Hard- Hit Ukrainian City Of Mykolaiv; Biden: U.S. Banning Russian Vodka, Caviar, Diamonds & Most Favored Nation Status At Risk. Aired 4-5p ET
• Biden Warns Russia Will Pay Severe Price If It Uses Chemical Weapons; Two People Stabbed At New York's Museum Of Modern Art; Interview With Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL); Defiant Ukrainians Dig In As Russians Inch Closer To Capital; Surprise Water Spout Chases Florida Beachgoers. Aired 7-8p ET
• Former Ukrainian President: Putin Underestimated Ukraine, My Country Will Not Give Up; Russian Use Of Less Sophisticated Weapons Could Be Sign Of Weakness Or Just Brutal Tactics; Russia Warns U.S. It Will Fire On Weapons Shipments To Ukraine; Two People Stabbed At New York's Museum Of Modern Art; West Point Cadets Overdose During Spring Break; Andrei Kozyrev, Former Russian Foreign Minister, Discusses Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine; Biden: Russia To Pay "Severe Price" If It Uses Chemical Weapons. Aired 8-9p ET
• Defiant Ukrainians Dig In As Russians Inch Closer To Capital; Humanitarian Situation Bleak As Civilian Evacuation Stalls; Romanian Family Hosts 31 Ukrainian Refugees Under One Roof; Russia Warns U.S. It Will Fire On Weapon Shipments To Ukraine; U.S. Approves $200 Million Of Weapons For Ukraine's Defense; War Hits Close To Home For Ukrainian-Americans; Biden: Russia To Pay "Severe Price" If It Uses Chemical Weapons; Ukraine's First Lady Shares Reality Of War On Social Media; Soaring Inflation Upends U.S. Consumers, Small Businesses. Aired 9-10p ET
• U.S. Approves $200 Million Of Weapons For Ukraine's Defense; Woman Who Escaped Bombed Maternity Ward Gives Birth To Baby Girl; Humanitarian Situation Bleak As Civilian Evacuations Stall; Two Employees Stabbed Inside Museum Of Modern Art; The Fear Of Escalating Tensions Brings Back Talks Of Nuclear Weapons; Surging Gas Prices Ripple Through U.S. Economy. Aired 10-11p ET
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• Scholz, Macron Urge Immediate Ceasefire In Call With Putin; Zelenskyy Pleads For More Aid As Russia Intensifies Attack; U.N.: At Least 579 Civilians Killed Since Invasion Began; Romanians Open Their Homes To Ukrainian Refugees; Chinese State Media Pushing Russian Misinformation. Aired 11p-12a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment across Ukraine; Somber Funerals Held for Fallen Ukrainian Soldiers; Over 2.5 Million Have Fled Fighting in Ukraine; Volunteers Work to Free Those Trapped Near the Front Line; U.S. Warns Russia over Possible Chemical Weapons Use; Russia Blocks Independent Media, Limits Press Freedoms; Price of Crude Oil Down Over 5 Percent for the Week; Deutsche Bank Reverses Course, Closing Business in Russia. Aired 12-1a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment across Ukraine; Fighters from Syria Volunteer to Fight for Russia against Ukraine; Ukrainian Teachers Continue Online Learning with Students; Over 2.5 Million Have Fled Fighting in Ukraine; Russia Blocks Independent Media, Limits Press Freedoms; Nigerian Students Make Harrowing Escape across Ukraine Border; Growing Concerns over Americans Detained in Russia; Americans Paying Record High Gas Prices. Aired 1-2a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment across Ukraine; Kharkiv Governor: "There Is Nothing Left Here"; U.S. Warns Russia over Possible Chemical Weapons Use; Southern Ukraine Mayor Detained; Romanians Open Their Homes to Ukrainian Refugees; CNN Crew Flies on NATO Surveillance Plane Near Ukraine; Dow Falls for Fifth Straight Week; Americans Paying Record High Gas Prices; Polish Animal Rescue Center Takes in Pet Refugees. Aired 2-3a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment Across Ukraine; E.U. Imposes Fourth Round Of Sanctions On Russia; Over 2.5 Million Have Fled Fighting In Ukraine; Volunteers Work To Free Those Trapped Near The Front Line; Dozens Of Companies Abandon Or Limit Operations In Russia; Russian Businesses In U.S. Facing Backlash Over War. Aired 3-4a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment Across Ukraine; E.U. Imposes Fourth Round Of Sanctions On Russia; Ukrainian Teachers Continue Online Learning With Students; Kharkiv Nuclear Lab Hit By Russian Shelling; Russia Relying On Less Sophisticated "Dumb" Bombs; Nigerian Students Make Harrowing Escape Across Ukraine Border; Polish Animal Rescue Center Takes In Pet Refugees; Growing Concerns Over Americans Detained In Russia; Woman Flees Kyiv, Gives Birth In New York. Aired 4-5a ET
• Russia Intensifies Bombardment Across Ukraine; U.S. Warns Russia Over Possible Chemical Weapons Use; E.U. Imposes Fourth Round Of Sanctions On Russia; Russian Rockets Destroy Ukrainian Airbase; WHO Warns Of COVID-19 Spread In Refugee Population; Volunteers Work To Free Those Trapped Near The Front Line; Photojournalist Documents Ukrainian Refugee Exodus. Aired 5-6a ET


New Day Saturday
• At Least 13 Humanitarian Corridors Expected to Open Today; European Union Leaders Impose a Fourth Round of Sanctions on Russia; Biden Details New Measures to Punish Russia in Call with Zelenskyy; More Than 2.5 Million Have Fled Fighting in Ukraine; Stanford Student Travels to Poland to Assist in Humanitarian Efforts; Uber to Roll Out Temporary Fuel Surcharge to Offset High Prices. Aired 6-7a ET
• Explosions Heard In Kyiv As Russian Troops Move Closer To Capital; Russia Intensifies Bombardment Of Cities Across Ukraine; Biden Emphatic That The U.S. Will Not "Fight World War III" In Ukraine; E.U. Leaders Impose A Fourth Round Of Sanctions Of Russia; Ban Of Grain Exports To Ex-Soviet States Meant To Shore Up Russian Supplies; United States Military Veterans Volunteering To Help In Ukraine; United Nation: Expect Millions More To Flee Fighting In Ukraine; Woman Gives Birth After Surviving Maternity Hospital Bombing. Aired 7-8a ET
• Explosions Heard In Kyiv As Russian Troops Move Closer To Capital; EU Leaders Impose A Fourth Round Of Sanctions On Russia; French, German Leaders On The Phone With Putin After Failing To Reach Ceasefire Agreement This Week; Key Inflation Measure Jumps Into Highest Level Since January 1982; U.S. Consumers, Small Businesses Feel The Impact Of Rising Inflation; Tornado Watch Issued For Carolinas, Southeastern Virginia; Over 25 Million People Under Freeze Warnings Across The South. Aired 8-9a ET


The Situation Room
• Biden Increases Pressure On Putin As Russian Attacks Intensify; U.S., Allies To Suspend Normal Trade Relations With Russia; Romanian Family Hosts 31 Ukrainian Refugees Under One Roof; Interview With Lisa Yasko, Ukrainian Parliament Member & Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) On Russia Invasion Of Ukraine; War Hits Close To Home For Ukrainian- Americans; NYC: Two People Stabbed At Museum Of Modern Art; Surging Gas Prices Create Record Profits For Oil Industry. Aired 5-6p ET
• Russian Strikes Around Ukraine's Capital Intensifying; New Video From Kyiv Outskirts Shows Civilian Areas Targeted; Ukrainian Member Of Parliament Joins Fight Against Russian Forces; U.S., Allies To Suspend Normal Trade Relations With Russia; Poroshenko: Ukraine Providing The "End Of The Russian Empire". Aired 6-7p ET


Smerconish
• When Is It War?; The Pharma Exemption; Short-Lived Rally? How Long Will Americans "Rally Round the Flag" for Ukraine?; Sanctions Take Aim At Russian Oligarchs' Yachts. Aired 9-10a ET