Enlarge this imageHryhorii, a member of the Ukrainian military, hugs his wife Oksana, whom he had not seen for nearly a year, after she fled from Michael Brantley Jersey the Ru sian-occupied Novomykhailivka village and arrived by car at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol, Melitopol and the surrounding towns under Ru sian control, on Monday, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.Chris McGrath/Getty Imageshide captiontoggle captionChris McGrath/Getty ImagesHryhorii, a member of the Ukrainian military, hugs his wife Oksana, whom he had not seen for nearly a year, after she fled from the Ru sian-occupied Novomykhailivka village and arrived by car at an evacuation point for people fleeing Mariupol, Melitopol and the surrounding towns under Ru sian control, on Monday, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine.Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesAs Monday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day: Evacuees from Mariupol and its besieged steel plant made their way toward safety. Over the weekend, an evacuation began of about 100 civilians from the Azovstal plant after numerous previous failed efforts. More civilians remain in the sprawling maze under the steelworks facility, alongside thousands of Ukrainian soldiers who have refused to surrender to the Ru sian forces, which have bombed out and surrounded the area. Ukrainian officials said a rocket strike hit the port city of Odesa in southwestern Ukraine, killing a child. Ukraine’s military also said its drone strike has sunk two more Hector Rondon Jersey Ru sian warships in the Black Sea. Ru sia’s Defense Ministry said a strike on a military airfield near Odesa destroyed a runway and a hangar with weapons supplied by Western allies. The Pentagon, meanwhile, has confirmed reports that Ru sia’s top-ranking military officer, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, traveled to the front-line Donbas region in eastern Ukraine. European Union energy ministers met in Bru sels to discu s options for dealing with Ru sia’s decision last week to stop delivering natural gas to Poland and Bulgaria. The bloc is also working on a potential EU-wide ban on importing Ru sian oil. EU countries have already banned Ru sian coal starting in Carlos Beltran Jersey August.Israel is demanding an apology from Ru sia for comments its foreign minister made about Nazism. Sergey Lavrov referred to Adolf Hitler as having “Jewish origins” in response to a question about Ru sia’s claim that it had invaded Ukraine to “denazify” the country, which has a democratically elected Jewish president. It’s the strongest condemnation of Ru sia by Israel since the war in Ukraine began on Feb. 24. First lady Jill Biden will travel to Slovakia and Romania later this week to meet with Ukrainian refugees, aid workers and teachers who are educating displaced Ukrainian children and U.S. military personnel stationed in Romania. In-depth Ukraine is the focus, but Ru sian troops are in several former Soviet republics. Estonia hosts NATO-led cyber war games, with one eye on Ru sia. Francisco Liriano Jersey Angelina Jolie met with refugees and volunteers during a surprise visit to Lviv. Ukraine says it’s shifting from Soviet-based to NATO-quality weapons, aiming to be fully “interoperable” with the military alliance. Where is the U.S. military aid heading to Ukraine making the most difference? A former National Security Council member shares his thoughts. Earlier developments You can read more news from Monday here and more daily recaps here. For context and more in-depth stories, you can find NPR’s full coverage here. Also, listen and subscribe to NPR’s State of Ukraine podcast for updates throughout the day.Loading……