NATO bids and weapons deliveries have been complicated by diverging national interests, but the alliance is still unifying to upset Putin's plans.

Russian forces claimed incremental gains in eastern Ukraine on Monday adding up to their biggest advances in months, after wave upon wave of attacks that Kyiv said showed Moscow had no regard for the lives of its own men.

Russian missile strikes killed three people in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson while fighting raged in the eastern Donetsk region where Russia again shelled the key town of Vuhledar, Ukrainian officials said.

Ukrainians appear to be surprising even themselves with how they're handling the fallout from Russian strikes on their energy infrastructure. There are rotating power outages in all major cities, but people are adapting and still finding ways to enjoy life.