"I'm sure that if we receive all the necessary weapons and strengthen the efficient sanctions regime we will win," he said. (Andriy Andriyenko/The Associated Press)Īndriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president's office, hailed the new Western weapons.
Two people on a motorized bike are seen riding past a building damaged by a recent missile strike in Sloviansk, Ukraine, on Wednesday. Western arms have been critical to Ukraine's success in stymieing Russia's much larger and better-equipped military, thwarting its effort to storm the capital and forcing Moscow to shift its focus to the industrial Donbas region in the east.īut as Russia bombards towns in its inching advance in the east, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly pleaded for more and better weapons and accused the West of moving too slowly. is trying to strike a balance by helping Ukraine battle ferocious Russian artillery barrages while not providing weapons that could allow Ukraine to hit targets deep inside Russia and trigger an escalation of the war. announced it will provide four sophisticated, medium-range rocket systems and ammunition. Germany said Wednesday it will supply Ukraine with modern anti-aircraft missiles and radar systems, and the U.S. and Germany pledged to send Ukraine some of the most advanced weapons yet for shooting down aircraft and knocking out artillery as Russian forces closed in on capturing a key city in the east.
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