Also: Zelensky has expressed cautious optimism about peace talks with Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the U.S. Congress virtually on Wednesday. Zelensky has implored allied leaders to “close the sky” to prevent the Russian airstrikes that are devastating his country. President Joe Biden, whose administration has stopped short of providing a no-fly zone, is expected to announce another US$800-million in security assistance to Ukraine. Mr. Biden will also head to Europe to discuss the war with NATO allies.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a meeting of the leaders of the the Joint Expeditionary Force , a coalition of 10 states focused on security in northern Europe, at Lancaster House, in London.A child hugs his mother in a temporary shelter in a gym of a high school in Przemysl, near the Ukrainian-Polish border.
Local officials have tallied more than 2,500 deaths in the siege, but many bodies can’t be counted because of the endless shelling. They have told families to leave their dead outside in the streets because it’s too dangerous to hold funerals.Russia said on Wednesday that some parts of a possible peace deal with Ukraine were close to being agreed after Kyiv agreed to discuss neutrality,
Lavrov cautioned that the negotiations were not easy but that there was “some hope of reaching a compromise.” He said key issues included the security of people in eastern Ukraine, the demilitarization of Ukraine and the rights of Russian-speaking people in Ukraine.
A possible point of compromise may be NATO. Zelensky said earlier Ukraine was prepared to accept security guarantees from the West that stop short of its long-term goal of joining NATO. Russia sees any possibility of Ukraine joining NATO as a threat and has demanded guarantees it will never be a member.military forces blasted Ukraine’s capital region and other major cities Wednesday
A senior U.S. defence official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the Pentagon’s assessment, said the Russians were using long-range fire to hit civilian targets inside Kyiv with increasing frequency but that their ground forces were making little to no progress around the country. The official said Russian troops were still about 15 kilometers from the centre of the capital.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will address the U.S. Congress virtually on Wednesday.
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