Some EU officials are urging the U.S. to provide more weapons and artillery to Ukraine, as well as permissions to carry out long-range strikes on Russia, sources told Bloomberg.

Europe is making a last-ditch plea to the outgoing Joe Biden administration to step up US support for Ukraine to maximize Kyiv's position before the end of the presidential term in January, Bloomberg reports.

The Biden administration is determined in its final months to help ensure that Ukraine can keep fighting off Russia's full-scale invasion next year, sending it as much aid as possible so that it might hold Russian forces at bay and possess a strong hand in any potential peace negotiations,