Ukraine’s NATO Allies Strain to Keep Up Pressure on Russia

BRUSSELS—NATO protection ministers gathered right here Wednesday amid widening rifts over how a lot navy help to give Ukraine and the way far to go in answering Kyiv’s more and more pressing pleas for assist to repel invading Russian forces.

Moscow’s troops have pushed deeper into Ukraine in current weeks by firing huge quantities of artillery supplied largely by rail from Russia, which has massive munition shares at its disposal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has referred to as on Western governments to provide more powerful weapons to counter the assaults. Leaders from international locations within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have responded with various levels of alarm to the scenario, and are discussing amongst themselves how shortly and aggressively to act.