20 nations are sending new weapons to Kyiv, says the U.S. defense chief.

Twenty nations have agreed to provide new weapons to Ukraine, offering the government of President Volodymyr Zelensky additional ways to fight Russian troops on land and at sea, Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III said Monday.

At a news conference with Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mr. Austin said that the new munitions would include U.S.-made Harpoon anti-ship cruise missiles and a launcher, which will be provided by Denmark for coastal defense.

The Czech Republic will send attack helicopters, tanks and “rocket systems,” and additional howitzers and artillery ammunition will come from Italy, Greece, Norway and Poland.

Mr. Austin made the announcement after a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a group formed last month to support Ukraine with military aid.

“Everyone here understands the stakes of this war, and they stretch far beyond Europe,” Mr. Austin said. Read more

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