BRUSSELS European Union leaders gave the green light to a plan Friday to provide Ukraine with $17.7 billion in financial support over the next year, after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia is trying to spark a refugee exodus by destroying his country s energy infrastructure.
The White House said Thursday that Iranian troops are "directly engaged on the ground" in Crimea supporting Russian drone attacks on Ukraine s power stations and other key infrastructure, claiming it has troubling evidence of Tehran s deepening role assisting Russia as it exacts suffering on Ukrainian civilians just as the cold weather sets in.