Vladimir Putin makes first trip to illegally-annexed Mariupol
The surprise trip also comes one day before Chinese President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit Moscow.
LEARN MORERussia used the territory of Belarus as a staging ground to send troops into Ukraine, and Moscow and Minsk have maintained close military ties.
New sanctions against Russia were announced Friday and tackle the country's military and defense systems.
Ksenia Karelina, a 33-year-old woman who lives in Los Angeles, was arrested in Russia for treason for donating to a Ukrainian charity in the U.S.
The sanctions announcement on Friday will coincide with the two-year mark of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Former President Donald Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Lawmakers have agreed on the key components of the bill, but the language will still need to be prepared ahead of a Friday funding deadline.
This settles appeals both sides were pursuing after a federal jury awarded the former employee nearly $3.2 million last April.