Ukraine Asks Pentagon For More Help to Defend Its Airspace and Coast

U.S. Warns EU That Russia May Invade Ukraine
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Ukraine’s defense minister said he asked the Pentagon for more help defending the country’s airspace and coast as it faces rising pressure from Russian troops massing on its border.

“We need to cover our sky and our sea,” Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov told reporters at Ukraine’s embassy in Washington on Friday, after meeting with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon.