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State-of-the-art artillery pieces such as

,

,

,

Javelin anti-tank missiles... The US will send

an 800 million dollar military aid package with "artillery systems" and " armored means of transport" to deal with the threat of

in the

.

While

threatens to bomb command centers in Kiev, the capital of

, if it continues to receive attacks on its territory.

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Ukraine attacks the flagship of the Russian Black Sea Fleet with Neptune missiles and Russia alleges a fire

missile cruiser

, flagship of the

, was hit on Wednesday by

missiles , causing "serious damage", a Ukrainian military source announced.

The Russian Defense Ministry, however, reported Thursday that the warship

suffered "intense fire and the subsequent detonation of ammunition", and, although "it suffered serious damage", the crew was able to be evacuated.

The head of the

regional military administration , Maksym Marchenko, announced on Telegram on Wednesday that the Ukrainian army hit the Russian cruiser "Moskva" with missiles, the Ukrinform agency reported.

"The Neptune missiles guarding the Black Sea caused very serious damage to the Russian ship," Marchenko said.

Hours later, already in the early hours of Thursday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that "as a result of the fire that reached the Moskva missile cruiser,

. The ship suffered serious damage," according to the Tass agency.

The statement added that all crew members had been evacuated safely, and that the causes of the "fire" were being investigated.

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Biden Announces Huge Military Aid to Ukraine Amid Russian Threats to Bomb kyiv

US President

has announced an $800 million military aid package for

, where

has threatened to bomb command centers in

if it continues to come under attack on its soil.

Since its withdrawal from the outskirts of

,

has focused its offensive on the east and south of the country.

The Pentagon indicated that it will be a different battle, with the Russian forces less dispersed and in an area "flatter and more open" than the north.

For this reason, the new package includes "very effective equipment that we have already delivered" to

, but also "new capabilities", among which "artillery systems" and "armored means of transport" stand out, the US government said.

Among them are state-of-the-art artillery pieces such as the M777 Howitzer guns, 40,000 howitzers, 300 "kamkaze" drones, 500 Javelin anti-tank missiles, anti-artillery and anti-aircraft radars, 200 armored transport vehicles, 100 light armored vehicles and 11 Mi-17 helicopters manufactured by Russian.

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