France will host an international meeting next Monday in support of Ukraine. The French president will bring together "several heads of state and government or their ministerial representatives" February 24 will mark the second anniversary of the start of Russia's large-scale attack on Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted on Monday that Kiev finds itself in an "extremely difficult  " position on the front. The Ukrainian army faces multiple Russian assaults which it finds all the more difficult to repel as it suffers from a shortage of ammunition.