U.S. officials said Tuesday that Washington was poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the possibility that Patriot missiles from the U.S. may further boost defenses.

The G-7 leaders supported Zelensky’s appeal, saying in a statement after their meeting that “Russia can end this war immediately by ceasing its attacks against Ukraine and completely and unconditionally withdrawing its forces from the territory of Ukraine.”

Some buildings remain standing in Bakhmut, and the remaining residents still mill about the streets. But like Mariupol and other contested cities, it endured a long siege and spent weeks without water and power.

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, a former prime minister of Norway, said in the interview that ‘there is no doubt that a full-fledged war is a possibility.’