Ukraine Urges Allies to Speed Up Delivery of Weaponry
“We have to make time our weapon,” President Volodymyr Zelensky declared as Ukrainians girded for an expected Russian offensive.
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“We have to make time our weapon,” President Volodymyr Zelensky declared as Ukrainians girded for an expected Russian offensive.
President Vladimir V. Putin is on his third overall commander in Ukraine. But his military’s fundamental issues have not been addressed, Western officials say.
A top State Department official said the ouster of several Ukrainian officials this week after corruption charges “sends a very strong signal.”
The firing of several top members of the government in Kyiv had stirred concern over how U.S. aid was being used.
As it fights Russia’s invasion, Ukraine depends for its survival on aid from Western nations, which have concerns about endemic graft and how the money is used.
The Ukrainian leader said the dismissal should serve as notice to officials whose actions “violate the principle of justice.”
On a day meant to mark the unification of Ukraine in 1919, the country’s leader said it was vital for Ukrainians of all regions to bind together.
The allies differ on strategy for the coming year and the more immediate question of what Ukraine needs ahead of a major offensive in the spring.
The crash in a suburb of Kyiv killed at least 14 people, officials said, including the interior minister, a top adviser to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who oversaw Ukraine’s domestic security.
“Our energy supply for this winter is secure,” Germany’s chancellor declared as government and business leaders gathered at the World Economic Forum.