There is only one recipe to stop these threats: weapons and strength — alongside economic strikes against Russia and its allies. Threats must be prevented, not tolerated. The cure for Russian terrorism is American weapons, combined with European and Ukrainian firepower.

Our people do everything they can every day to ensure that Ukraine lives, fights, and moves forward. The men and women defending Ukraine on the front lines, and everyone working to make our defense possible and to secure a normal, independent future for Ukraine. Thank you for pic.x.com/xqD6608moQ

Throughout the night and into the morning, emergency rescue operations have been underway in the Donetsk and Dnipro regions. In Kharkiv, rubble is being cleared after a strike on apartment buildings. 27 people were injured, including three children. The youngest, a girl, is just pic.x.com/5lhcjl75XX

One of the key principles of defense is destroying the enemy’s ability to produce weapons of death. Russia’s military-industrial complex must be weakened by all means — from sanctions to direct strikes.