India and US Express Support for Ukraine's Territorial Integrity Amid Conflict

India and the US have pledged closer defense cooperation, including a $3 billion purchase of American Reaper drones by India, coproduction of fighter aircraft engines in India, and a road map to expand cooperation between the two countries’ defense industries. The Biden administration is seeking to ease India away from its long reliance on Russia for its military equipment. Meanwhile, Ukraine says it stopped Russian advances in the direction of two areas in the east, and a NATO air power exercise has focused on communications. A donors’ conference in London wraps up with pledges of nearly $66 billion for Ukraine’s recovery, and the destruction of a faraway dam has dumped debris and dangers into the Black Sea, fouling the famed beaches of Odesa and other coastal communities.