As support among some European allies appears to waver, Kyiv calls for advanced rocket systems to hit Russia’s supply lines
Highlights
- US has agreed to provide more military weapons to Ukraine this week.
- Russia has threatened to use its own military equipment against rebels in Ukraine.
- But Britain and other European countries are yet to agree on a plan to provide weapons to Russia.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet with US President George W Bush on the sidelines of the war.
- Russia says it will not be allowed to use military equipment to support rebels in eastern Ukraine.
- Germany and France say they are ready for an end to the crisis in Ukraine, which is in its own hands, but Germany says it is not ready to pull out of the crisis.