launched in the east of the country. at a nato dinner last night, the uk foreign secretary liz truss called for the alliance to toughen its response saying the time for engagement with russia was over. the head of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, will visit kyiv later for talks with ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky. they are expected to dicuss the support provided by the eu to the country in the face of the russian invasion, both in the country and for the millions of refugees now in the eu. the visit takes place in the run up to the pledging conference #standupforukraine organised in warsaw on saturday. the united states says it has trained a small number of ukrainian soldiers in the use of an anti tank drone called switchblade. the single use weapon flies into its target and detonates on impact. the pentagon plans to send 100 drones to ukraine to bolster the fight against russian forces.