US defence chief Lloyd Austin says arms must be raced to Kyiv as conflict threatens to spill into Moldova and the UN chief meets with Vladimir Putin.
US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin urged allies to move swiftly to help Ukraine fight off Russia.
For the second day, explosions rocked the separatist region of Transnistria region in neighbouring Moldova, knocking out two powerful radio antennas. And a Russian missile hit a strategic railroad bridge linking Ukraine’s Odesa port region to neighbouring Romania, a NATO member, Ukrainian authorities said.
They also agreed, he said, that the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross should be involved in the evacuation of civilians from the Azovstal steel complex where Ukrainian defenders in the southeastern city are making a dogged stand. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin convened a meeting of officials from about 40 countries at the US air base at Ramstein, Germany, and said more help is on the way.
The passengers took with them cats, dogs, a few bags and boxes, and the memory of those who did not flee in time.“We were in the basement, but my daughter didn’t make it and was hit with shrapnel on the doorstep” during shelling on Monday, said Mykola Kharchenko, 74. “We had to bury her in the garden near the pear tree.”
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