Biden said a new $800 million military aid package was tailored for Donbas, and Washington would 'speak softly and carry a large Javelin.'
President Biden said Thursday that Russia was setting the stage for a new phase of the war, and announced an additional $800 million in military aid for Ukraine that is tailored for combat in the flat, open terrain of the eastern Donbas region. While Washington won’t detail every arms shipment, “we will speak softly and carry a largeThe defense support comes as new satellite images shownear Mariupol, the Black Sea port city that has braved weeks of Russian bombardment.
worth of physical damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure so far, according to the World Bank’s chief, who said that cost would rise as the invasion grinds on.Zelensky said Russia had rejected an appeal by the United Nations and others for a four-day truce over the Orthodox Easter holidays., with four buses and a dozen private cars reaching Zaporizhzhia.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister said broader civilian evacuation attempts remain challenging, with an effort to leave Kherson on Thursday coming under fire.
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