New $2.2bn US military aid package for Ukraine includes bomb that will double strike range; Zelenskiy vows to hold Bakhmut as long as possible
A Ukrainian firefighter works to put out a blaze in a shopping mall on Thursday after Russian shelling in Kherson, southern Ukraine.A Ukrainian firefighter works to put out a blaze in a shopping mall on Thursday after Russian shelling in Kherson, southern Ukraine.The United States has announced a newwhich will include precision-guided rockets and Hawk air defence firing units, as well as other munitions and weapons, the US state department said.
for the first time, which will double Ukraine’s strike range and allow Ukraine’s military to strike deep behind the frontlines of the war.vowing that “nobody will give away”Speaking at a press conference following a summit in Kyiv with European Union leaders Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel, Ukraine’s president said the country would be able to begin to liberate occupied Donbas if weapons supplies were “quickened, specifically long-range weapons”.
France and Italy have finalised technical talks for the joint delivery of the Samp/T air defence system to Ukraine in spring 2023, the French defence ministry has announced. It comes after Italy’s foreign minister, Antonio Tajani, said on Thursday that the system would be operational in Ukraine “within seven to eight weeks”. The system can track dozens of targets and intercept 10 at once. It is the only European-made system that can intercept ballistic missiles.
The EU has promised that a tenth package of sanctions against Russia will be in place by 24 February,
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