Donors meet in Paris in bid to get Ukraine through winter

Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the conference (Teresa Suarez, Pool/AP)

Dozens of countries and international organisations were on Tuesday throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter.

An international donor conference in Paris was expected to raise and help co-ordinate many tens of millions of pounds of aid – both financial and in kind – to be taken to Ukraine in coming weeks and months to help its beleaguered people survive winter’s freezing temperatures and long nights.