Civil infrastructure will also be a topic of an international donor conference Tuesday in Paris, where representatives of dozens of countries are expected to address Ukraine’s need for electricity, heating and water heading into winter.
Meanwhile, U.S. officials will engage with Russia this week on efforts to free Paul Whelan, an American corporate security executive who has been held in Russia for four years and is imprisoned on charges of espionage. The United States had tried but to secure his release along with Britney Griner, the WNBA star who returned home last week in exchange for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout.
4. From our correspondents
They survived Russian occupation, then got hit by explosives left behind. When Lyudmila Ivanenka rushed outside to see Russian forces withdraw from her town, she was ready to celebrate. But on her walk home, the 69-year-old stepped on an explosive that was left behind. It tore off her right foot and injured her arm, leaving her permanently disabled, with no work and little chance of getting a prosthetic.
