North Korea denies media report it supplied munitions to Russia
During Mr Zelenskiy’s visit, the White House announced $1.85 billion in military assistance that will include an advanced Patriot air defence system, which Ukraine requested amid devastating Russian rocket attacks on its national grid.
Blackouts continued across much of Ukraine as Russian forces shelled eastern and southeastern regions, and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Moscow’s forces had already “made significant headway towards the demilitarisation of Ukraine”. Ukraine says it is a genocidal war of conquest that should end with Moscow’s political and military leaders being tried for war crimes.
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