While Ukraine also lacks Western-supplied weapons, soldiers and commanders say shortages of basics — cars, drones and people — make holding back Russia extremely difficult. Even as Kyiv seeks U.S. approval for Tomahawks,

When they are not fighting, they write poetry, letters home or words of praise to their supreme commander,” said one of the directors at Moscow's Museum of Victory.

European Union leaders have ordered the bloc’s executive branch to come up with options for meeting Ukraine’s pressing economic and military needs over the next two years.

European leaders want to build on President Trump’s sanctions on Russia with new commitments of financial and military support for Kyiv.

European leaders vowed to work in coordination to ratchet up the pressure on Russia as the so-called “coalition of the willing” met in London to discuss strategies to end the war in Ukraine.