Russia putting world in danger of famine, EU warns
The threat to food security and a "battle of narrative" with Russia on Western-imposed sanctions on Moscow over Ukraine will dominate European Union foreign ministers' talks in Luxembourg this week.
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In Kyiv, leaders pledge arms, EU path for Ukraine
France's Emmanuel Macron promises Ukraine six more truck-mounted artillery guns, the latest in a new round of Western arms pledges as the war grinds on in the Donbas region. NATO defense ministers meet to discuss plans for strengthening the alliance's eastern borders to dissuade Russia from planning any further aggression.
French, German, Italian leaders visit Kyiv in show of support
US to send $1 billion more military aid to outgunned Ukraine. Turkey continues to block Sweden and Finland's NATO membership bids. Russian forces press their offensive in the Donbas region. Two US citizens missing and feared captured in eastern Ukraine.
'Putin likely still wants much, if not all, of Ukraine'
Pentagon official Colin Kahl says the Russian president continues to have "designs on a significant portion of Ukraine." Russian troops destroy three bridges leading out of Sievierodonetsk, but Ukrainians continue to try to evacuate the wounded.
Ukraine asks Israel for $500M loan as war ravages economy
"If Israel approves Ukraine's loan request, the Jewish state will not only help 40 million people in their just struggle for survival but also show that it chose the right side in the fight against dictatorship and barbarism," one expert says.
'Labeling of settlement goods is about discrimination, not law'
Norway defends its decision to label Judea and Samaria products as being in line with the EU Court of Justice, but international law experts remain unconvinced.
EU Commission president, Italian PM visit Israel
Ben-Gurion University to bestow on Ursula von der Leyen an honorary doctorate for statesmanship and combating antisemitism.
Detonating bridge, Russia cuts off escape route of civilians fleeing Sievierodonetsk
Hundreds of civilians in Sievierodonetsk shelter in the city's Azot chemical plant, creating a scenario similar to the fall of the southern port city of Mariupol, where hundreds of people were trapped for weeks in a steelworks plant.
UK, Ukraine warn Russia relying on weapons that cause mass casualties in war
Report: Russian forces fire Kalibr cruise missiles to destroy a large depot with US and European weapons in Ukraine's Ternopil region. Ukraine says nearly 800 children have been killed or wounded since the start of the war.
Ukraine says forces holding in Sievierodonetsk
3 foreign fighters sentenced to death by pro-Russian rebels and breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine prepare to begin shipping "liberated" grain.