The recipe for this morning’s Sunday shows is three parts war to one part SCOTUS confirmation politics. The lead guest is Ukraine’s ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, who’ll update Americans on where things stand on the battlefield. Is it true that Ukrainian forces are advancing around Kiev in the north and towards Kherson in the south? What does her government make of Russia’s announcement that it’ll concentrate its efforts on eastern Ukraine going forward? She’ll speak with “Meet the Press” and “State of the Union.” Julianne Smith, the U.S. ambassador to NATO, is also set to discuss developments in Ukraine, particularly the prospect of Putin using WMD to restore Russia’s momentum. That’s no mere hypothetical:

Ukrainian Defense Ministry Officials today have stated that they have begun to see Chemical/Biological Weapons Antidote Kits be issued to Russian Frontline Forces across Ukraine, Ukrainian and NATO Officials have Claimed they think Russian might use Chemical Weapons in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/zPzM0Qedwi

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) March 25, 2022

Smith will chat with “State of the Union” and “Fox News Sunday” about NATO’s response. Finally, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, will share her thoughts on the war with “Face the Nation.” Yovanovitch was a thorn in the Trump White House’s side during her tenure as a diplomat. Does she think Trump would be handling the crisis better than Biden has? (Spoiler: No.)

An array of senators are also booked to preview the upcoming confirmation vote on Ketanji Brown Jackson. “This Week” has Amy Klobuchar, “State of the Union” has Cory Booker, Mark Warner, and Jim Risch, and “Fox News Sunday” has Rick Scott. If anyone’s going to make news this morning, though, it’s Rob Portman on “Meet the Press.” Portman is a moderate-ish Republican and is in the final year of his term so he has nothing to lose by going against the party on Jackson. Will he throw her a vote in order to make her support in the Senate bipartisan?

Last but not least, Sunday morning mainstay Adam Kinzinger will sit down with “Face the Nation” to discuss the revelations that Clarence Thomas’s wife lobbied Mark Meadows repeatedly to overturn the 2020 election before the insurrection. Will Kinzinger’s January 6 committee subpoena Virginia Thomas? Maybe:

NEWS: At least 2 members of the @January6thCmte are now telling colleagues Friday, in private conversations, that they need to invite Ginni Thomas to come talk, and issue a subpoena if necessary, per three people involved in the discussions. Will push for this in Mon. cmmte mtg.

— Robert Costa (@costareports) March 25, 2022

Will it subpoena Clarence Thomas, to see if the justice himself was quietly encouraging the White House to stage an autogolpe using his wife as a conduit? The full line-up is at the AP.