Ukraine continues to request fighter jets in its rush for arms and equipment to help repel Russian forces, even after several allies – the United States, Britain and Germany – said that they would not provide the plane.
Fierce fighting continues in Bakhmut, Ukraine, as Russia attempts to encircle the town, located in a hotly contested area in the east of the country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is preparing for a summit with the European Union on Friday. “This week will be a week of European integration in every sense of the word,” he told the nation in his evening address.