NATO defense ministers will gather to try and drum up military support for Ukraine. Deliveries of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine have sharply dropped in recent months.

"Strong decisions are possible, decisions that can help," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday.

During a press conference at the White House several weeks ago, Donald Trump ignorantly claimed that Ukraine is "largely a thousand miles of ocean." Although Ukraine does have a coastline, the country is bordered by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov,

US tells NATO to ‘boost firepower’ ahead of Trump-Zelensky meeting - US defence secretary Pete Hegseth said Nato should have ‘strong and real capabilities’ to deter Moscow

President Donald Trump says he's speaking with Russia’s Vladimir Putin as he considers Ukraine’s push for long-range missiles

The Kremlin said on Sunday Russia was deeply concerned about the possibility of the U.S. supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, warning that the war had reached a dramatic moment with escalation from all sides.

Outgoing MI6 chief Sir Richard Moore said Vladimir Putin was "stringing us along", but said "he - and many others - underestimated the Ukrainians".

Mr. Bolton, who has become a critic of his former boss, is among a string of presidential foes to become prosecutorial targets. But his case gained momentum in the Biden administration.

The call comes ahead of Donald Trump’s meeting on Friday at the White House with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Pete Hegseth has said the U.S. expects NATO allies to purchase and donate "even more" American weapons for Ukraine.