Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that the end of the more than 2-1/2-year-old war with Russia depended on the "resolve" of Kyiv's Western allies in providing needed weaponry and permission to use it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stressed that the conclusion of the ongoing war with Russia hinges on the commitment of Western allies to provide necessary weaponry and permissions. In his nightly address,

Moscow’s troops have retaken a few villages in a border area that Kyiv’s forces invaded last month and are also advancing steadily in eastern Ukraine.