Ukraine is expected to continue its effort to retake territory from Russia this winter, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday, urging countries to provide what they can in lethal and nonlethal aid. Follow our live coverage of the war.
and had hit “critical infrastructure” in the Ukrainian capital. Rescue operations are ongoing and residents have been told to shelter.
Meanwhile, NATO defense ministers, including Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, continued their meetings in Brussels, with the military alliance’s leader Jens Stoltenberg vowing to “stand by Ukraine for as long as it takes.” Russian leader Vladimir Putin is also expected to meet with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Kazakhstan later Thursday.
The U.N. General Assembly voted to condemn Russia’s illegal annexation of Ukrainian territory, adopting a U.S.-sponsored resolution. The text, which is not legally binding, demands that Russia give up its claims to the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia regions of Ukraine. Austin urged countries at the NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels to consider sending medical supplies and cold weather gear if they are not in a position to offer Ukraine lethal assistance and military aid.
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