U.S. accelerates Ukraine diplomacy as Europe slides into winter

FILE PHOTO: Local resident Sergei stands amid debris of his apartment in a building heavily damaged in recent shelling in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Horlivka (Gorlovka) in the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nearly ten months into the war in Ukraine, the Biden administration is intensifying diplomatic efforts to ensure that the transatlantic alliance that opposes Russia's invasion survives a bitter European winter.

In the past weeks, the administration has scrambled to adjust its signature inflation legislation to appease European governments whose support it needs on Ukraine, and secured an agreement from the G7 nations to cap the price of Russian oil.