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What they want: Allies meet in Europe for Ukraine summits

FILE - An elderly man walks outside an apartment block which was destroyed by an artillery strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, March 14, 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has pleaded with parliaments in the United States, the EU, Britain, Japan and Canada for more military and humanitarian aid. Yet his demands for NATO to enforce a no-fly zone to protect his people have fallen on deaf ears, with the alliance making clear it is not risking an all-out war with Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File) FILE - A view of the yacht "Lady M", owned by Russian oligarch Alexei Mordashov, at it is docked at Imperia's harbor, Italy, Saturday, March 5, 2022. European governments are moving against Russian oligarchs to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to back down on his war in Ukraine, seizing superyachts and other luxury properties from billionaires on sanctions lists. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File) FILE - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, right, and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy participate in a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. There will not be a seat reserved anywhere for Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to attend back to back summits of leaders in Brussels on Thursday, March 24, 2022, yet he will be on everyone's mind, to least because he has been crystal clear what he wants from Western allies. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - A Christian worshiper prays in front of pictures of fallen soldiers at the Saints Peter and Paul Garrison Church in Lviv, western Ukraine, Sunday, March 6, 2022. For his domestic audience, look for U.S. President Joe Biden, during back to back summits in Brussels, to once again underscore the heroics of the Ukrainian military and volunteers who have managed to hold off an imposing Russian military. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) FILE - Ukrainian soldiers carry the coffin of one of the Ukrainian military servicemen, who were killed during an airstrike on a military base in Yavoriv, during a funeral ceremony in Lviv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. For his domestic audience, look for U.S. President Joe Biden, during back to back summits in Brussels, to once again underscore the heroics of the Ukrainian military and volunteers who have managed to hold off an imposing Russian military. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File) FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak while visiting a memorial to the September 11 terrorist attacks at NATO headquarters in Brussels, June 14, 2021. Beyond the all important handshakes, group photos and warm scenes of togetherness, President Joe Biden will use his time in Brussels during back to back summits to announce new sanctions against Russia while underscoring the importance of closing possible loopholes in the avalanche of Western sanctions that have already been announced. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) FILE - U.S. Army troops of the 82nd Airborne Division just after arrival at the Rzeszow-Jasionka airport in southeastern Poland, on Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. At a NATO summit on Thursday, March 24, 2022 leaders are set to discuss the longer-term future of NATO's defences along its eastern flank, ranging from Estonia in the north, down to around Western Ukraine to Bulgaria on the Black Sea. (AP Photo, File) FILE - President Joe Biden salutes before boarding Air Force One, Friday, March 11, 2022, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Even before Air Force One touches down in Brussels to bring President Biden to three summits in one Thursday, Western allies have already found what they are looking for, that all too rare sense of unity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File) FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, from left, President Joe Biden and European Council President Charles Michel remove their masks before participating in the United States-European Union Summit at the European Council in Brussels, Tuesday, June 15, 2021. Even before Air Force One touches down in Brussels to bring President Biden to three summits in one Thursday, Western allies have already found what they are looking for, that all too rare sense of unity. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
What they want: Allies meet in Europe for Ukraine summits