ROME (AP) — Italy is hosting the fourth annual conference on rebuilding Ukraine even as Russia escalates its war, inviting political and business leaders to Rome to promote public-private partnerships on defense, mining, energy and other projects as uncertainty grows about the U.S. commitment to Kyiv’s defense.

Following the Pentagon announcing a pause on weapons, the U.S. president said Ukraine must defend itself from Russia.

A detailed timeline of events shows the White House was aware of an ordered pause in weapons to Ukraine in real time and Trump's decision to reverse the action.

There is too little data to generate a comparable live estimate for Ukraine. However, a catalogue of the known dead and missing from UAL osses, a website, implies that between 73,000 and 140,000 Ukrainian soldiers have died since the invasion began.

The Pentagon last week announced that it would hold back some weapons pledged to Ukraine because of what U.S. officials said were concerns that American stockpiles were in short supply.

The University of Central Lancashire (Uclan) stepped into to host a graduation for a student who was unable to receive his degree in Ukraine. Hamza Hassan had been studying at Uzhhorod National University in south-west Ukraine, but regularly had lectures interrupted by air raids.