Ukraine defies Russian ultimatum to surrender Sievierodonetsk as hundreds remain trapped in bunkers beneath chemical plant
The US will provide an additional $1bn in security assistance to Ukraine for its fight in the eastern Donbas, Joe Biden has confirmed.included 18 additional howitzers with tactical vehicles to tow them, 36,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition for the howitzers,Volodymyr Zelenskiy has urged the EU to tighten sanctions on Russia and warned Moscow’s forces could attack other countries.
with an agreement on a new package of assistance to Kyiv expected at the summit in Madrid later this month. The agreement would he said. Stoltenberg was speaking before a meeting in Brussels of defence ministers from Nato and other countries to discuss and coordinate help for Ukraine.Ukraine was facing a “pivotal moment on the battlefield” in Sievierodonetsk,and to “intensify our shared commitment to Ukraine’s self-defence”.
Ankara’s foreign minister, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, said it would “take some time” to de-mine Ukraine’s ports. “Since the location of the mines is known, certain safe lines would be established at three ports,” he said. “Ships, with the guidance of Ukraine’s research and rescue vessels as envisaged in the plan, could thus come and go safely to ports without a need to clear the mines.
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