War in Ukraine: 10 Latest Events

US President Joe Biden says Russian President Vladimir Putin has failed to divide the West with his war on Ukraine. “NATO has never been more united than it is today. The exact opposite of what Putin wanted is happening as a result of his visit to Ukraine,” he said after the NATO summit in Brussels.

Alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg says NATO is increasing chemical and nuclear security for its forces in Eastern Europe amid fears of Russia’s war on Ukraine.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky urged NATO members to provide offensive weapons, including tanks and fighter jets, for a month in Russia’s invasion.

The White House says Joe Biden will visit a Polish town near the border with Ukraine on Friday as he seeks to show Western resolve against Russia’s aggression.

The grouping of the seven most industrialized nations says it will do everything in its power to hold Putin and his supporters personally responsible for the invasion of Ukraine.

Volodymyr Zelensky says there is a “real” threat that Moscow will use chemical weapons in Ukraine, accusing Russia of already using phosphorus bombs against civilians in the country.

The G7 and the European Union pledged to block transactions involving the Russian central bank’s gold reserves to disrupt any bid by Moscow to circumvent Western sanctions.

The UN General Assembly calls for an “immediate” stop to Russia’s war in Ukraine in a non-binding resolution. In a vote at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, 140 countries voted in favour, 38 abstained and five voted against the measure.

Russia accused NATO member Poland, a neighboring country of Ukraine, that triggered an “alarming escalation” in tensions between Moscow and the West after Warsaw expelled 45 Russian diplomats for alleged espionage.

The International Atomic Energy Agency expresses “concern” after Ukraine warned Russia of bombing the city where workers working at the Chernobyl nuclear site.