Russia-Ukraine war updates
#Kyiv wants antimissile systems
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are suffering painful casualties in the eastern city of Severodonetsk and the Kharkiv region as he calls for more antimissile systems.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will lead a meeting with dozens of defence ministers from NATO and other parts of the world to discuss arms supplies to Ukraine on Wednesday in Brussels.
#Russia urges Ukrainian combatants housed in the chemical factory in Severodonetsk Azot to surrender on Wednesday.
Russia’s army says it will establish a humanitarian corridor to evacuate hundreds of civilians from the factory.
Almost two-thirds of children in Ukraine have been uprooted, according to a United Nations official, calling the war a “child rights crisis”
NATO must strengthen its readiness and adopt a more robust and combat-ready posture along its eastern border in the wake of Russia’s invasion, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said.