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• War in Ukraine Shaman, the elite battalion with which the Ukrainians sabotage Russian territory

After four and a half months of

's military

continues its "incessant" bombardment of the eastern

region as the

promised new military aid to

, including powerful rocket launchers and precision missiles.

According to a senior Pentagon official, the new

$400 million US military aid for the

multiple rocket launcher systems and 155mm missiles, and will improve

's ability to target

Arms and Supply Chain

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7:23

Russian forces keep up bombardment of Donetsk region as Ukraine awaits further aid

After four and a half months of

, the Russian military continues its "incessant" bombardment of the eastern

new military aid

, including powerful rocket launchers and precision missiles.

"The entire front line is under incessant shelling," regional governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said on Friday.

"They do not stop bombing in the direction of

(...)

is bombed,

is bombed day and night, Kramatorsk ... ", he added on the Telegram network.

Previously, Kyrylenko released a balance of six dead and 21 wounded in 24 hours of bombing in the region.

He assured that the Russian army "is regrouping, or rather reconstitute its groups and preparing new actions in Sloviansk, Kramatorsk, Bakhmout".

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Joe Biden praises the CIA's work in the war in Ukraine for creating "a gigantic hole in Putin's objectives"

US President

has praised the CIA for creating "a gigantic hole in

's targets " and for revealing his plans to invade

.

"It was thanks to the incredible work of our intelligence professionals that we were able to put the world on notice of what

was planning in

," Biden said during his first visit as president to the headquarters in Langley, Virginia, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Agency.

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