Ukraine allies pledge $1 billion to bolster its infrastructure needs

A Ukrainian soldier stands on the roof of a university damaged in a recent missile attack, in Kramatorsk Ukraine/Photo: Reuters.

KYIV: About 70 countries and institutions pledged more than $1 billion in new aid to Ukraine to repair the infrastructure that Russia has relentlessly battered with airstrikes in recent weeks, cutting power and water supplies for millions of Ukrainians during the winter months.