Soledar, Ukraine — Ukraine marked 100 days since Moscow’s invasion on Friday with Russian forces hammering the Donbas in their push to capture the country’s east. Financial squeezeLed by the United States, Western nations have pumped arms and military supplies into Ukraine to help it survive the onslaught so far. Bridget Brink, the new US ambassador to Kyiv, promised Thursday that the United States would “help Ukraine prevail against Russian aggression,” after presenting her credentials to Zelensky. Earlier this week, the United States announced that it was sending more advanced, Himar multiple rocket launch systems to Ukraine. Across the Atlantic, EU nations agreed new sanctions that would halt 90 percent of Russian oil imports to the bloc by the end of the year.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer June 03, 2022 01:22 UTC