Ukraine tells NATO it won't 'back down' in Russia fight

There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West

Ukraine's foreign minister said Wednesday that it won't "back down" in its fight against Russia, despite doubts over U.S. support and minimal progress on the front line.

"We have to continue, we have to keep fighting. Ukraine is not going to back down," Ukraine's top diplomat Dmytro Kuleba told Kyiv's NATO backers in Brussels.

"Our strategic goal, which is territorial integrity within internationally recognised borders as of 1991, remains unchanged," he said.

"The issue here is not just Ukraine's security it is the security and safety of the entire Euro-Atlantic space."

There are fears that a lack of adequate support from the West — at a time that it is distracted by the Israel-Hamas war — could end up forcing Kyiv to seek a compromise with Russian President Vladimir Putin from a position of weakness.

Western officials insist they remain committed and are not pressing Kyiv to negotiate with Moscow even as Ukraine's top general admits fighting has ground to a bloody stalemate.

Opposition from hardline Republicans in the U.S. Congress has stalled a new $60-billion package of support and thrown into question the future of U.S. assistance.