The measure allows President Biden to use a World War II-era law to quickly supply weapons to Ukraine on loan. The Senate passed the legislation unanimously this month.

Russian missiles hit central Kyiv, striking an apartment building and a factory across the street, as Ukraine's president met with the United Nations secretary general a few miles away.

NATO's secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said he had discussed security arrangements for both countries to provide them protection before they are covered by the alliance's mutual protection guarantee.

President Biden asked Congress to approve $33 billion in additional aid to help Ukraine fight off Russia.

António Guterres, the United Nations secretary general, called Russia's war on Ukraine 'an absurdity' as he toured mass wreckage in suburbs of Kyiv, Ukraine, where hundreds of civilians have been killed.

President Biden speaks after the White House announced plans to funnel the proceeds of assets seized from Russian oligarchs to Ukraine.

Bill Hwang, the investment firm's owner, and his former chief financial officer had deliberately misled their banks, prosecutors said, so they could borrow money and place enormous bets on a handful of stocks through sophisticated securities.

As fighting rages on, the mayor of the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine, called on regional and local European Union leaders to help rebuild Ukrainian cities devastated by Russia's invasion once the war ends.

Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission president, said the bloc would supply gas to Poland and Bulgaria after they were cut off by Russia's energy giant Gazprom for rejecting demands to pay for gas in rubles.

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the United States would lead monthly meetings with a group of nations to coordinate military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.