Europe Shifts Focus to Offensive Weapons for Ukraine

Smoke rises an airport following reported Russian missile attacks, in Dnipro, Ukraine, on April 10.

Photographer: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP/Getty Images

This is a special daily brief on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, one of the most urgent security crises in Europe since World War II.

European nations including Germany are rallying around sending Ukraine more military support, including heavy weapons. That’s as Russia focuses its war campaign on the east and seeks to secure territory in the Donbas region.