News about Ukraine

We are deterring Russian pressure and I thank each brigade and unit involved. Russia wants to show that it defines the course of the war. Our task is to thwart Russia's attempt to expand the war and to prevent the occupier from breaking the frontline or our diplomacy — our way… pic.twitter.com/cZqNAhR7tq

NEW: Ukrainian sources indicated that Russia is concentrating limited, understaffed, & incohesive forces in the Sumy direction, but even such a grouping will be able to achieve the likely desired effect of drawing & fixing Ukrainian forces in the international border area. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/GuXkrG6sBr

The US should lift its “absolutely unfair” ban on the Ukrainian army using American-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia, in order to help thwart Moscow’s new offensive, new Nat’l Security and Defense Secretary Oleksandr Lytvynenko tells @FT. on.ft.com/3QW0582

In Zelensky's first interview with the NYT since Russia's 2022 invasion, he makes his case for NATO jets helping to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukrainian airspace. h/t @AndrewKramerNYT www.nytimes.com/2024/05/21/world/europe/ukraine-zelensky-interview.html