The United States announced on Tuesday evening sending “more advanced missile systemsto Ukraineregarding to surrender, in the east, the city of Severodonetsk, where a chemical plant was bombed by Russian forces.
While the European Union has just tightened the economic screw with a sixth package of sanctions once morest Moscow, providing in particular an embargo on Russian oil, Washington advances on military support.
US President Joe Biden wrote in the New York Times on Tuesday that his country would “provide the Ukrainians with more advanced missile systems and ammunition that will allow them to more accurately hit key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine“.
It is, according to a senior White House official, Himars (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), that is to say multiple rocket launchers mounted on light armored vehicles, with a range of regarding 80 kilometers .
This equipment is part of a new broader component of US military assistance to Ukraine, totaling $700 million, details of which are to be given on Wednesday.
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