Heavy fighting continued this week, as Russian missile strikes targeted the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Monday, and Russia launched its anticipated large-scale ground offensive on the eastern Donbas region late that night, sources reported on Tuesday.Meanwhile, Putin called off an attack on the remaining Ukrainian holdouts in the Azovstal steelworks plant in Mariupol on Thursday, opting for a blockade instead, after declaring the city "liberated," despite having reissued calls to surrenderon Wednesday. Fighting in the eastern regions of Ukraine continued on Friday as a satellite image appearing to show mass graves west of Mariupol was released. Meanwhile, acting commander of Russia's central military district, Rustam Minnekayev, publicly announced that Russia aims to seize control of southern Ukraine and create a land bridge to Crimea. On Sunday, which marked two months since the war began, Ukrainian Pres. Zelenskyy spoke of hope and victory for Ukraine in his Orthodox Easter address.

Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza twice this week, afterthe military intercepted a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip, whilemore clashes flared at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem.Meanwhile, blasts in Afghan cities killed and injured dozens,while at least 6 were killed after explosions hit an Afghan high school.In other news, Turkey launched a new ground and air offensive in Northern Iraq,Iran warned Israel that the 'smallest movement' will result in strong retaliation, andYemen's Houthi rebels agreed to stop using child soldiers.

The US army's aerial parachuting show at National Parks prompted the evacuation of the Capitol,VP Harris announced that the US will no longer conduct anti-satellite missile tests,and the US and South Korea urged North Korea to negotiate after a new 'tactical weapon' test.

Former Honduran President Hernndez was extradited to the US, Macron won the French presidential election after facing off in a debate with Marine Le Pen earlier in the week shortly after Le Pen was accused of embezzlement and China and the Solomon Islands signed a security deal.Meanwhile, Mexico's Congress rejected an energy industry overhaul, and paved the way to nationalize lithium.In other news, Boris Johnson apologized over his Partygate fine, but still faces a Commons inquiry,Wimbledon banned Russian and Belarusian players, the US attempted to seize a Russian superyacht in Fiji,and the Archbishop of Canterbury condemned the UK's plan to send migrants to Rwanda.

The Florida legislature passed Gov. DeSantis congressional map,a court ruled that NY Dems. gerrymandered their map,Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene testified in a challenge to her re-election bid, andthe White House announced that VP Harris Chief of Staff will resign next month.Meanwhile, Biden restored environmental rules axed by Trump, considered delaying the repeal of Title 42, expanded student loan forgiveness, andreportedly told Obama he'll run again in 2024.In Trump news, new reporting shows that GOP leaders broke with the former president after Jan. 6,Trump's lawyer John Eastman blocked documents from the Jan. 6 Committee,a Trump-endorsed GOP House candidate was removed from the ballot, andTrump's pick for Nebraska Gov. faces sexual assault allegations.Meanwhile, the former president accused Piers Morgan of doctoring an interview.In other news,Rep. Madison Cawthorn was revealed to have lavishly spent taxpayer money,and Florida's state House terminated Disneys special tax status.

An autopsy confirmed Patrick Lyoya was shot in the head by a Michigan cop,a shooting at a Pittsburgh house party killed 2, a suspect in a South Carolina mall shooting was released on house arrest,and the firing squad execution for Richard Moore was halted in South Carolina.In other news, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange moved closer to getting extradited,a judge ruled that Amazon must reinstate a worker who led unionization efforts,and a $99M West Virginia opioid lawsuit was settled with Johnson & Johnson.Meanwhile, Tesla shareholders asked a judge to silence Musk, NFL team Washington Commanders denied accusations of financial malpractice,andJohnny Depp testified against Amber Heard.

Florida rejected math textbooks allegedly citing critical race theory,a federal judge blocked a Kentucky abortion law,a professor disciplined for refusing to use preferred pronouns received a $400k settlement,Florida advised against gender reassignment for youth, andSCOTUS ruled that Puerto Rico residents can be denied federal welfare benefits.Meanwhile, dozens of rioters were arrested amid planned Quran-burning rallies in Sweden,Hong Kong activist Tam Tak-Chi was jailed for 40 months,and a WaPo reporter revealed the identity of the owner of the 'Libs of TikTok' account.

Elon Musk revealed funding for a $46.5B Twitter takeover,Infowars filed for bankruptcy,Netflix revealed its first subscriber loss in a decade,and Beanstalk farms cryptocurrency collapsed after a $182M hack.Meanwhile, France issued an international arrest warrant for former Renault and Nissan CEO, Carlos Ghosn, over allegations of misuse of company assets, money laundering, and corruption.

Warner Bros. Discovery announced that the CNN+ streaming service will be shut down after just one month,a Twitter co-founder lashed out at the company's board and ad-based revenue model,and Atlanta Apple store workers filed for the company's first union election.

In COVID news, the Justice Department announced plans to appeal a ruling that ended the mask mandate on public transport,Philadelphia dropped its indoor mask policy days after it was reinstated,and South Korea announced that it will lift COVID social distancing rules,while Shanghai pressed for "zero community transmission" to ease restrictions.Meanwhile, in other health news, the CDC issued an alert for mysterious hepatitis cases in kids, andthe FDA is investigating Lucky Charms cereal after illness reports.

Arizona wildfires forced mass evacuations,and South Africa deployed 10k troops after devastating floods.