Global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv's military capabilities with a focus on air defense, as Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in Ukraine.

Global economic powers pledged to beef up Kyiv's military capabilities with a focus on air defense, as Russian missiles, artillery and drones hammered targets in Ukraine.

The Group of Seven promised to "meet Ukraine's urgent requirements" after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed for modern tanks, artillery and long-range weapons to counter Russia's devastating invasion, Qazet.az reports according to Reuters reported.

Zelenskiy also urged G7 leaders gathered at a virtual meeting to support his idea of convening a special Global Peace Summit dedicated to bringing peace to his country.

The summit would be focused on the implementation of Kyiv's 10-point peace plan that insists on, among other things, Russia's withdrawal of all its troops from Ukraine and no territorial concessions on Kyiv's part.

British defense minister Ben Wallace said on Monday he would be "open minded" about supplying Ukraine with longer-range missiles to target launch sites for Russian drones that have hit infrastructure if Russia carried on targeting civilian areas.

US President Joe Biden told Zelenskiy on Sunday that Washington's priority was to boost Ukraine's air defenses. The United States also shipped the first batch of power equipment to Ukraine under an aid package agreed last month.

Russia is "deliberately trying to freeze Ukrainians to death as we enter winter", a senior US official said. "Our strategy right now first is to help Ukraine protect itself against these deliberate attacks on civilian energy infrastructure because it could be a humanitarian catastrophe."

Moscow has denied targeting civilians, but the war has displaced millions and killed thousands of non-combatants.