KYIV, Ukraine: A top US official said Wednesday that Washington could not predict when a vital $60-billion military aid package for Ukraine would be passed in Congress, as Volodymyr Zelensky called for Western air defenses after a Russian missile attack killed at least five.
A fresh round of aerial bombardments by both sides left civilians dead on Wednesday as strikes escalate in the third year of the war.
Kyiv’s army is facing manpower and ammunition shortages amid political wrangling in the US Congress that has raised uncertainty over the future of Western support.