The United States and its European allies have offered President Zelensky, money and military aid while imposing unprecedented economic sanctions on Russia.
Digital Desk: After an airstrike targeted a Ukrainian military base near the Polish border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky threatened NATO members that Russian forces would soon assault them. Meanwhile, officials in Mariupol, a major southern port city facing acute hardship due to a prolonged siege, have reported that the death toll has surpassed 2,000. While western Ukraine has been mostly spared so far, Russian airstrikes overnight Saturday and Sunday brought the battle well into the west, killing 35 people and injuring 134 at a military camp near Yavoriv, outside Lviv is dangerously close to the EU and NATO member Poland's border. "It's only a matter of time before Russian missiles fall on your area, NATO territory, NATO people's homes," President Zelensky expressed in a video speech aired shortly after midnight, imploring NATO to enforce a no-fly zone over his country. The United States and its European allies have supplied money and military aid to Ukraine and imposed unprecedented economic penalties on Russia. Also Read: Rishabh Pant beats Kapil Dev’s record, scores fastest 50 by an Indian in Test cricket
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