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Russian Strikes Not Halting US/Euro Weapons To Ukraine: US Official

UKRAINE

Wires reporting comments from an unnamed senior US defense official stating that the Russian strikes on cities in Western Ukraine such as Lviv have not halted the flow of US or European weapons to Ukrainian forces. Says there has been "No impact to our ability to continue flows into Ukraine...We see no indications that any of this western aid has been impeded or even struck"

  • Official: "The Ukrainians still hold Kharkiv...The Russians still have designs on Kharkhiv but they've made no progress"
  • Russian troops in Mariupol, according to official "have left and ... have tried to move north. [but] they've just been kind of stalled"
  • Wires report official stating that Russian strikes on Ukrainian infrastructure seem to be focused on hitting electrical grid.
  • Russian side has frequently warned West to halt weapons shipments to Ukraine for risk of inflaming war further, but West paying little heed to these pronouncements so far.

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