US announces 370 million euro package of weapons for Ukraine

Washington says it's intended, in part, to help Ukraine fend off the surging Russian effort to capture Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city.

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00:00 "The US has announced a new €370 billion military aid package for Ukraine.

00:07 It includes rockets, missiles, anti-aircrafts and anti-tank munitions, but they won't arrive

00:14 immediately.

00:15 Meanwhile, the army is engaged in heavy battles along most of the northeast Kharkiv front

00:21 line."

00:22 President Zelensky stressed the importance of getting weapons from Ukraine's allies.

00:29 Zelensky said that it is essential Ukraine's soldiers are supplied with weapons.

00:35 In Volzhskans, the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense reported that Russians

00:40 tried to break through the Ukrainian defense line in the early morning, forcing people

00:45 to flee.

00:49 The police and volunteers helped with the evacuation.

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