KYIV, Ukraine — Bracing for a redoubled Russian offensive in the east and unearthing fresh evidence of atrocities outside its capital of Kyiv, Ukraine appealed urgently Thursday for more Western weaponry and harsher punitive steps against Moscow.
In an overnight address as the war entered its seventh week, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for the latest U.S. and British sanctions, but said the West must do more to deprive Russian President Vladimir Putin of energy revenues that fund his war machine.
Failure to do so, Zelenskyy said, would be seen by Moscow as “permission to start a new bloody wave” in the eastern Donbas region, where Western officials say Russia is trying to rebuild and regroup its forces after a failed bid to seize the Ukrainian capital.
