LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will communicate to U.S. President Joe Biden and different world leaders in a while Tuesday to debate toughening sanctions in opposition to Russia and additional help for Ukraine, Johnson’s spokesman mentioned.

Leaders from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Romania, Japan, NATO and the European Fee are additionally attributable to be a part of the decision.

Earlier, a senior nationwide safety official gave Johnson and his ministers an replace on Britain’s evaluation of the scenario in Ukraine, the spokesman mentioned.

“The subsequent part of the battle was prone to be an attritional battle which may final a number of months. Russia would goal to take advantage of its troop quantity benefit however Ukraine had already proven that this was unlikely to be decisive by itself,” the spokesman mentioned, relaying the unnamed official’s evaluation to reporters.

“There have been some indicators that Russia had not realized classes from earlier setbacks in northern Ukraine, and there was proof of troops being dedicated to the struggle in a piecemeal style.”