Ukrainian President Zelenskyy has asked Biden and other G-7 leaders for more defense funding amid recent Russian attacks.
Civilians are among the casualties after Russian attacks strike multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv.Russia's blistering missile strikes against cities across Ukraine this week represent “indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilian populations constitute a war crime," leaders of the powerful Group of Seven nations said in a joint statement Tuesday.
"When Ukraine receives a sufficient number of modern and effective air defense systems, the key element of Russian terror – missile strikes – will cease to work,'' Zelenskyy said. ►The U.N. human rights office says Russian missile strikes across Ukraine on Monday were “particularly shocking” and could amount to war crimes.
"This possibility of this is a threat to all of us,'' Zelenskyy said before outlining his three-point peace plan. It calls for the West to provide weapons that would allow Ukraine to create a defensive "air shield,'' protecting the country's territorial integrity, and punishing Russia for its invasion with stronger sanctions and political isolation.
“It would send a very wrong signal now if we suddenly canceled a routine, longtime-planned exercise because of the war in Ukraine," he said.Hong Kong won't seize a $500 million luxury yacht belonging to a Russian oligarch and will implement only sanctions against Russia imposed by the United Nations, city leader John Lee said Tuesday.
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