As Ukraine's top diplomat says the only battlefield advantage Russia has is a stockpile of big artillery, a U.S. official tells CBS News that Washington may try to help.
's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba issued an urgent plea Thursday evening for Western leaders to send his country more"heavy weapons" to help Ukrainian forces counter a powerful Russian offensive in the eastern Donbas region.
The appeals from Kyiv have apparently been heard in Washington, where a Biden administration official told CBS News senior national security correspondent David Martin that the White House was leaning toward providing multiple launch rocket systems to Ukraine as part of the next package of military aid for the country.Lockheed Martin
Some of the latest video to emerge from the war-torn nation shows Russia bombarding Ukrainian positions with next-generation warheads known as vacuum bombs. Russia's overwhelming artillery advantage has allowed its forces to capture more territory in Donbas this week.
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