U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will host a gathering of defense leaders from some 50 countries in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss matching military assistance to Ukraine’s battlefield needs. Follow our live updates.
, effectively cut off after the last bridge was destroyed. The Pentagon said Tuesday that it will send additional multiple-launch rocket systems to help stave off the Russian onslaught, as Ukrainian officials have requested dozens of the systems.Street fighting is raging in this contested city and all of its bridges have been destroyed, making it difficult to get supplies in and refugees out.
Western military analysts say river crossings will be key in coming weeks: a major flank of the Russian front lies to the west of the Donets river, which flows through eastern Ukraine and forms a natural barrier against Moscow’s advances. Russian troops have sought to destroy bridges over the river to disrupt the flow of supplies and reinforcements to Ukrainian troops. But that has also made it harder for them to progress their own attack.
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