US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that the United States and its allies decided to form a monthly contact group to ensure Ukraine's ability to fend off any future Russian attack, while Moscow said that Washington and Kiev's policies could lead to the division of Ukraine into several countries.
The announcement by US Secretary Austin came at the conclusion of a conference attended by 40 countries at the US Ramstein base in southern Germany, which discussed coordinating the efforts of Western countries to provide Kyiv with heavy weapons.
On the other hand, the Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday that Russian forces are bombing bridges and railways in the country in order to slow down the arrival of Western arms shipments to the Ukrainian forces, after Moscow destroyed a strategic bridge linking Ukraine with its neighbor Romania.
In Moscow, the Ministry of Defense warned of the possibility of the Russian army targeting decision-making centers in the capital, Kyiv, if London continues to provoke Ukraine in order to strike targets inside Russian territory with Western weapons. It is acceptable for Ukrainian forces to attack military targets inside Russian territory with Western weapons.
Here are the latest developments on the 63rd day of this war:
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Governor of the Russian Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov: A series of explosions resounded in the early hours of Wednesday morning in the city of Belgorod near the border with Ukraine.
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Reuters: The giant Chinese company, DJI, which specializes in making drones, is suspending its activities in Russia and Ukraine to ensure that its products are not used in war.
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Axios: The US State Department says that members of its diplomatic mission in Ukraine have returned to the western city of Lviv, in preparation for the re-activation of the embassy in the capital, Kyiv soon.
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The Russian President during a meeting with the Secretary-General of the United Nations: There is no solution to the crisis with Ukraine without resolving the issue of the borders of Crimea and Donbass.