John Kirby, coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, made such statements to reporters.
“In the east, the fighting in the last few weeks has been particularly intense.
I think we should expect this kind of fighting to continue for quite some time, which is why we continue to provide security assistance to Ukraine.
You will see how we will do it again in the coming days and weeks," TASS quoted him as saying.
On January 3, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that positions were opened in the Kramatorsk region and two HIMARS launchers were destroyed, from which shelling of settlements in the DPR was carried out.