Russia-Ukraine war, the largest armed conflict in Europe since WW2, enters its 772nd day.
NATO has no plans to deploy troops to Ukraine, and Kiev has made no such request, the alliance's chief has said.
"A few air defence systems could fundamentally change the situation," Zelenskyy said in an evening address posted on social media.US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said more aid is urgently needed for Ukraine following a NATO meeting of foreign ministers, adding the message from allies in Brussels was clear that the US Congress vote on aid for Ukraine cannot happen soon enough.
Russia and Ukraine have both used drones to strike critical infrastructure, military installations and troop concentrations in their more than two-year-old war, with Kiev hitting Russian refineries and energy facilities in recent months with some strikes entering 1,000 km into Russian territory.
The minister called an"ultimatum" Zelenskyy's 10-point peace plan, pushing Russia to surrender and return to the 1991 borders.French President Emmanuel Macron said he had"no doubt" Russia was targeting the Paris Olympics including with disinformation. "The situation on the battlefield is difficult," he said, and stressed:"This is an argument for stepping up our support, not scaling down."Russia and NATO are now in"direct confrontation", the Kremlin said as the military alliance marked its 75th anniversary.
Drone attacks on Ukraine's second-largest city of Kharkiv killed four people, including three rescuers responding to an earlier strike, Mayor Igor Terekhov said.German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock called for increased military support for Ukraine, warning that its defeat would bring war to Central Europe.
On the second day of a meeting in Brussels, the ministers will mark the signing in Washington on April 4, 1949, of the North Atlantic Treaty that established the transatlantic political and military alliance.
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