"About 20 other leaders are to join via videolink at the meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, a group of countries that have pledged strengthened support for Ukraine. The meeting also intends to work out ways of helping protect Ukraine's power grid from Russia's almost daily drone and missile attacks as another punishing winter approaches, enhancing Ukrainian air defences and supplying Kyiv with longer-range missiles that can strike deep inside Russia."
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far resisted efforts to negotiate a peace settlement with Zelenskyy and has argued that Russia's all-out invasion of its smaller neighbour is legitimate. Friday's talks aim to step up pressure on Putin, adding momentum to measures in recent days that include a new round of sanctions from an increasingly frustrated United States and Europe that take aim at Russia's vital oil and gas export earnings."
European and allied leaders will meet in London with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to plan stepped-up military and infrastructure support. About 20 additional leaders will join by videolink as part of the Coalition of the Willing. The meeting will focus on protecting Ukraine's power grid from near-daily Russian drone and missile attacks, strengthening Ukrainian air defences, and supplying longer-range missiles capable of striking deep inside Russia. Russia has intensified heavy bombardments, targeting civilians and energy infrastructure, prompting rolling power cuts across the country, including in Kyiv. Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected peace negotiations and maintained that the invasion is legitimate.
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