In Kyiv visit, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promises more aid, says ‘America will stand with Ukraine as long as it takes’
Russia forces on Tuesday stepped up their weeks-long drive to encircle the eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut where the commander of Ukraine’s ground forces described the situation as “extremely tense.”
Russia’s RIA news agency released a video clip which it said showed Russian Su-25 fighter jets roaring over Bakhmut. “We are glad they are ours,” says a man in the clip identified as a Wagner fighter, adding the jets helped them “psychologically.” Ukrainian military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said that Russian forces had driven a wedge between those villages.
Reuters saw several military vehicles stuck in mud. In a zigzag trench, Volodymyr, a 25-year-old platoon commander, said his men were prepared to operate in any weather.Russia, its forces replenished with hundreds of thousands of conscripts, has intensified its attacks right along the eastern front but its assaults have come at a high cost, Ukraine says.
Yellen announced the transfer of the first $1.25 billion from the latest $9.9 billion tranche of U.S. economic and budget assistance, and also backed completion of a fully financed program for Ukraine with the International Monetary Fund by the end of March.
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