Ukraine

President Donald Trump this month said he would make a decision soon about whether to revoke temporary legal protections for recently-arrived Ukrainians.

Sen. Susan Collins steered clear of criticizing any one party in the meeting, which have clouded hopes for ending Ukraine's war with Russia.

At an event highlighting solidarity with Ukraine, some community members expressed worry and frustration with a congressional impasse over continued military aid for Kyiv.

Olesia Poliancheva, who fled Kherson last year, said it's hard to grasp the scale of the devastation in her home city after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam unleashed massive flooding earlier this week.

Two Ukrainian sisters in Portland said they want to return home, but that it's impossible to plan for the future with the war still going.

Resettlement agencies said they expect more arrivals in the coming months.

Following a trip to Ukraine, Maine Sen. Angus King said he hopes Congress will continue to support providing military aid for that country’s war against Russia and that the U.S. must stay engaged “until Putin is out.”

One Ukrainian-born Mainer in Pownal has taken in two families, with plans to welcome more.

The Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory said it will find space for two families of four and three others and their spouses to live in the cottages on its Bar Harbor campus.