US considers deploying particular forces to Kyiv
G3 Field Information senior overseas affairs correspondent Greg Palkot reviews from Ukraine.
Russian missiles struck Kyiv on Sunday, shattering the town’s relative calm with a strike Russia stated focused a facility housing foreign-supplied tanks.
Footage exhibits a number of massive explosions in Kyiv, however it’s unclear what was struck. The Russian Protection Ministry launched a press release Sunday morning claiming the strike had hit a former car-repair facility getting used to accommodate T-72 tanks and different armored autos provided by Ukrainian allies, NEXTA reported.
The 5 missiles had been the primary Russia fired into Kyiv in additional than a month, shattering a way of relative calm within the metropolis.
Russia has beforehand been inaccurate in its missile strikes, hitting a Kyiv residential constructing in late February.
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The strike comes simply days after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to start out hitting more durable as long as the U.S. continues to offer Ukraine with long-range missiles.
“We’ll strike at these targets which we’ve not but been hitting,” Putin stated in an interview final week when requested in regards to the challenge.
President Joe Biden accepted an extra $700 million in navy support to Ukraine final week.
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The bundle included every little thing from rocket programs to spare elements for autos and different tools. Most notable had been the Mobility Artillery Rocket Techniques, the weapons Putin was referring to as an escalation on the a part of the U.S.
Different objects embrace 5 counter-artillery radars; two air surveillance radars; 1,000 Javelin shoulder-launched rockets; 50 Command Launch Items; 6,000 anti-armor weapons; 15,000 155mm artillery rounds; 4 Mi-17 helicopters, and 15 tactical autos, along with spare elements and tools, in response to the Division of Protection.
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That listing solely provides to the present $4.6 billion in safety help the U.S. has already granted to Ukraine beneath President Biden’s administration alone.
