Biden to meet Ukrainian leader as Russian offensive continues

The offensive is seeking to exploit Kyiv’s shortages of ammunition and troops along the roughly 620-mile front line

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in events commemorating D-Day (AP)

US President Joe Biden is due to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Paris as Kyiv’s army endures its hardest days of fighting since the early weeks of the war with Russia and prepares for what officials say could be a tough summer.

The United States is by far Kyiv’s biggest supplier of wartime support, and Ukraine is trying to fend off an intense Russian offensive in eastern areas of the country.