- Title: U.S. may announce new military aid package for Ukraine within days -White House
- Date: 13th September 2022
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (SEPTEMBER 13, 2022) (REUTERS) WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY KARINE JEAN-PIERRE AND NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESPERSON JOHN KIRBY AT LECTERN (SOUNDBITE) (English) NATIONAL SECURITY SPOKESPERSON JOHN KIRBY, SAYING: "I won't get ahead of future security assistance packages. I do think you'll see another one here in coming days. Phil, we're in lockst
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- Keywords: Biden Kirby Russia Ukraine White House resupply war weapons
- Location: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics,United States
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- Story Text: The Biden administration is likely to announce a fresh military aid package for Ukraine in "coming days," the White House said on Tuesday.
"I do think you'll see another one here in coming days," White House national security spokesperson John Kirby told reporters.
Since Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, marking its worst defeat since the early days of the war, Ukrainian troops have recaptured dozens of towns in a stunning shift in battleground momentum.
Moscow denies its forces have committed atrocities in areas they have controlled.
Ukraine's military on Tuesday accused retreating Russian soldiers of stealing at least 300 private cars loaded with looted property as they fled the region. The Russian defense ministry did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
During the day, Ukrainian forces repelled enemy attacks in six towns and settlements to the north of Donates, the general staff said, but made no mention of captured territory.
In a video address, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the West must speed up deliveries of weapons, calling on allies to "strengthen cooperation to defeat Russian terror".
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba singled out Germany for refusing to provide tanks and armor: "Not a single rational argument on why these weapons cannot be supplied, only abstract fears and excuses. What is Berlin afraid of that Kyiv is not?"
Russian forces still control about a fifth of Ukraine in the south and east, but Kyiv is now on the offensive in both areas.
With the recapture of nearly all of Kharkiv province, the Ukrainian advance could soon spread into neighboring Luhansk and Donetsk, where Russia has concentrated its forces for months to expand territory held by separatists since 2014.
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