Ukraine’s allies on Monday pledged to keep up their support amid Russia’s escalating attacks and despite threats from Moscow, as they gathered in Kyiv on Ukraine’s Independence Day. Air defense supplies were the main priority at the meeting of 30 leaders of the so-called Coalition of the Willing, jointly chaired by the leaders of France and Germany, who participated remotely, and by British Prime Minister Andy Burnham.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. Burnham arrived in Kyiv for his first trip abroad since taking office, alongside other European leaders and European Council President António Costa. “Despite Russia’s outrageous threats to my country, we will continue our support for Ukraine’s defense,” Burnham said. Russia has recently pounded Kyiv with ballistic missiles, ripping open apartment blocks and killing dozens in the capital. The escalating Russian strikes have pushed civilian deaths to their highest levels since the first months of Moscow’s 2022 invasion. A Russian drone attack on Chernihiv, north of the capital, wounded 15 people, Ukraine’s emergency services said, while one person was killed and nine wounded in shelling on Izyum in the east, according to local authorities. “Right now, things are really very difficult for all of us. But there is a force holding us firmly by the hand,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an address, adding: “It is the strength of our mutual circle.”