As battles tilt toward full-scale military confrontation on open terrain, Ukrainian officials are again calling for Western alliances to step up weapons supplies to help the country strengthen its position on the battlefield.
The United States has been cautious in its approach to providing armaments directly. The country’s focus “is on helping the Ukrainians defend their territory in Ukraine and take territory back,” Jake Sullivan, President Biden’s national security adviser, said on CBS’s “Face the Nation."“The United States is surging resources, weapons, military equipment, but also diplomatic resources to support the Ukrainians,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday that the United States needs to be more aggressive in aiding Ukraine."I think the administration has been better, but they’ve had to be pushed every step of the way to be more aggressive, sooner,” McConnell told Fox News. and hit two residential buildings, according to Luhansk’s governor, Serhiy Haidai, but no deaths were reported.
About 2,800 people evacuated conflict areas via humanitarian corridors on Sunday, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said — far fewer than the more than 6,600 who fled conflict zones on Friday.Amid a backdrop of mounting violence in Ukraine and economic devastation in Russia, President Vladimir Putin is expected to meet Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer on Monday, marking the first time since the invasion that Putin will have met face to face with a European leader.
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