Met w/ Ukrainian FM Dmytro Kuleba in the margins of the G7 Italy.

Ukraine urgently needs air defence systems to counter Russia’s attacks.

I expect clear commitments from EU member states at Monday’s FAC.

#EU security is also at stake: Russia represents an existential threat to us

“If Russia succeeds in Ukraine, then the whole transatlantic community will not be trusted anymore,” warns Czech President Petr Pavel Petr Pavel. “We are talking about protecting our values – but we are not doing enough to protect them in practice.”

The Financial Times Editorial Board: Western allies need to supply Ukraine with whatever they can today, and worry about replacing it tomorrow. Or as Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg has put it: “If allies face a choice between meeting Nato capability targets and providing more aid to Ukraine . .…

I wrote this last month to highlight the deteriorating battlefield situation in Ukraine, and to reiterate that Russian military power has limits if the right ingredients are present: defenses, manpower, weapons. Ukraine has taken steps on two; now our vote is coming on the third.

'The $60bn US package has been stalled for months by what, for Americans, is domestic politics; for us Ukrainians, it is a matter of life and death.'

Read Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk on the importance of American military assistance for Ukraine: ft.com/content/e63d6b…

'Speaker Johnson Releases Fact Sheet on National Security Supplemental Legislation'
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Here's the breakdown of Ukraine assistance in the bill:

Just in: A Polish citizen allegedly working with Russia’s military intelligence agency has been arrested on suspicion of aiding Moscow in a plot to assassinate Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to Ukrainian and Polish authorities. ft.com/content/881900… via Financial Times

A western national security official told me that his job felt increasingly like being an arms dealer because he spent so much time on the phone, trying to get people to send weapons to Ukraine

I was struck by this quote from ⁦Speaker Mike Johnson⁩ yesterday. Until yesterday, he had yet to make a case for Ukraine aid. And then he unfurled this.

“Germany has written to dozens of countries including Gulf Arab states to plead for more air defence systems for Ukraine, saying Kyiv needed urgent help to protect [itself] from the “murderous onslaught” of Russian missiles.” on.ft.com/4aWiRnu

German police arrest suspected Russian spies over bombing plan on.ft.com/3JIKrcx

The Baltics have never been safer, thanks to Nato enlargement and with Russia bogged down in Ukraine. But they feel more threatened than ever by Moscow - my report with Richard Milne

The Baltic balancing act over the threat from Russia ft.com/content/2047a8… via @ft

Germany urges dozen of allies to send air defence systems to Ukraine on.ft.com/49LDmSJ

These photos are so much more real (and painful) after walking these streets through Chris Miller's incredible book, 'The War Came to Us'

Sorry you gotta keep reliving this loss, man

Statement from Biden’s supporting Speaker Johnson’s House bill. Sounds like this security supplemental that includes aid for Ukraine could actually pass.

It's wonderful that so many people have engaged with this thread and expressed support for Ukraine and disgust at the consequences of Russia's unprovoked war against the country. Bakhmut is a place near and dear to me, obviously. Not I, nor my friends from the city ever thought…

Russia’s occupying forces in Bakhmut just published on one of their Telegram channels new video footage and photos of the eastern Ukrainian city almost a year after it was destroyed and captured. The photos are stomach-churning and I admit they fill me with rage. I’ll post them…

The US House is expected to vote on sending additional aid to Ukraine and Israel on Saturday evening, in a move that could provide $95bn in critical support to American allies and end months of congressional inaction. w/ Lauren Fedor Henry Foy
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Spoke with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський on #Ukraine 's urgent needs & #NATO support. Delays in aid have consequences on the ground every day. So my message to Allies is clear: Send more to Ukraine. We also agreed to convene the NATO-Ukraine Council this Friday.

The death toll has risen to 17 people in Chernihiv as a result of Russia's morning missile attack, according to Ukrainian authorities.