US Urges More Arms For Ukraine Amid Fears Of Expanding War

TORETSK, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. is pressing its allies to move “heaven and earth” to keep Kyiv well-supplied with the weapons it needs to repel Russian forces, as Moscow rains fire on eastern and southern Ukraine.

In other developments, Poland and Bulgaria say the Kremlin is cutting off natural gas supplies to the two NATO countries starting Wednesday, the first such actions of the war. Moscow has warned that the flow of weapons could trigger a wider war.

Those concerns grew in Moldova, where explosions hit the separatist region of Trans-Dniester for a second straight day.

Russian forces also hit a strategic railroad bridge in the south. U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says that more help for Ukraine is on the way and that the West wants to ensure Russia won’t be able to “bully” its neighbors.