Ukraine is outnumbered in arms and personnel on the front, and international aid has been vital for Ukraine's resistance against its neighbor's larger army and economy. The Russian invasion shows no signs of stopping.

The Kremlin rejected allegations from a US envoy that it is delaying attempts to end its war on Ukraine, amid claims that Russia’s invasion force now controls the whole of its neighbour’s Luhansk region and has seized territory in Dnipropetrovsk region for the first time.