Invasion Putin launches his great assault on Donbas with the support of Nazi militias
Sanctions The United States intensifies the financial blockade of Russia and sanctions two daughters of Putin
Russia
has announced the final offensive on
Mariupol
in the
war in Ukraine
, while the
Ukrainian
government has asked its citizens to leave the
Lugansk, Donetsk and Kharkov
regions in eastern
Ukraine
.
For its part , the
US
has sent 100 drones-kamikazes, prepared to explode on impact, and is training Ukrainian soldiers, in order to reinforce the fight of the Ukrainians in the
war in Ukraine
against
Russian
troops .
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US sends 100 kamikaze drones to Ukraine and trains Ukrainian soldiers to defend against Russia
Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the United States in the use of the Switchblade
- dons-kamikaze -
armed drones that Washington is sending to
Kiev
, a senior Pentagon official said on Wednesday.
Defense Department spokesman John Kirby said it was a "very small" number of Ukrainian soldiers who were already present in the United States before
Russia
invaded
Ukraine
.
"We took the opportunity to train them for a few days, especially on the
Switchblade
drones , so they can come back ... and train their colleagues in the Ukrainian military," according to Kirby.
Kirby added that some 100 kamikaze drones, so called because they carry warheads and explode on impact, have been sent to bolster the Ukrainians' fight against Russian troops.
These types of drones are essentially remote-controlled bombs directed at enemy targets.
"They got there at the beginning of the week," the spokesman said.
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NATO assures that Putin continues to aspire to control "all of Ukraine"
NATO Secretary General
Jens Stoltenberg
has stated that the Alliance has no indication that
Russian
President
Vladimir Putin
has abandoned his "ambition" to control "all of
Ukraine
".
"We have no indication that President
Putin
has changed his ambition to control all of
Ukraine
and also to rewrite the international order," said the Norwegian politician upon arriving at the meeting of allied foreign ministers taking place these days in Brussels.
"We need to support
Ukraine
, maintain our sanctions and strengthen our defense and deterrence, because this can last a long time and we need to be prepared," he said, later recalling that the Ukrainian Foreign Minister, Dmitro Kuleba, who has planned to appear before the press in Brussels next to Stoltenberg this Thursday.
The Norwegian politician stated that the war "must end now" and that
Putin
"can end it by withdrawing his troops and forces and stopping attacking a sovereign independent country,
Ukraine
, and sitting down in good faith to find a political solution."
But he noted: "We have to be realistic and realize that this can go on for a long time, for many months, even years, and so we have to be prepared for the long term as well."
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