Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has appealed for Patriot missile batteries and other high-tech air defense systems to counter Russian attacks. He put Europe on alert to brace for more refugees.
By Jamey Keaten and John Leicester
“The number of refugees in Poland has risen to some 3 million. That will probably also mean an increase in their numbers in Germany,” Polish President Andrzej Duda said following talks with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin. A hole in the roof of the Catholic cathedral damaged by Russian shelling in Bakhmut, the site of the heaviest battles with the Russian troops, in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022.
A man looks at St. Michael Cathedral standing near a monument to Princess Olga covered with sand bags to protect it from the Russian shelling, with placards displayed near the monument calling to support Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months.
Organizers in France expect more than 45 nations and 20 international institutions to take part in a Paris conference starting Tuesday to raise and coordinate aid for Ukraine’s water, power, food, health and transportation needs during the tough winter months. Air defenses were also a topic of a phone call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held Sunday with U.S. President Joe Biden. Zelenskyy, his office said, told Biden “about 50% of the Ukrainian energy infrastructure was destroyed.”
The European Union’s foreign ministers gathered Monday in Brussels to discuss fresh sanctions to further punish Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
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