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US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says that North Korea will pay the "price" if it supplies Russia with arms, during a press briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
The United States announces a fresh tranche of arms to bolster Ukraine's mounting counteroffensive against Russian forces, including armored vehicles, precision munitions and mine-clearing equipment. "Today, the Biden-Harris administration is announcing a new security assistance package for Ukraine, as we continue to stand with the people of Ukraine," says White House Principal Deputy Press Secretary Olivia Dalton. The $500 million package comes just days after Russia's own warmaking capacity appeared to fray with a mutiny by its privately run Wagner force. SOUNDBITE
The United States says it welcomes South Africa's promise to probe allegations of arms shipments to Russia after Washington angered Pretoria by going public with a charge of covert weapons. "It certainly would be a welcome step," State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters of the promise of a probe made by a spokesman for President Cyril Ramaphosa. SOUNDBITE
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen says she has warned China that supplying arms to Russia would "significantly harm" relations, following Western claims that Beijing was mulling material support for Moscow's war in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden says he has not seen China send arms to Russia amid its invasion of Ukraine. "I don't take China lightly. I don't take Russia lightly," he tells a news conference during a visit to Canada. "I've been hearing now for the past three months about 'China's going to provide significant weapons to Russia'... They haven't yet. Doesn't mean they won't, but they haven't yet." SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden promises increased arms deliveries for Ukraine during a surprise visit to Kyiv in which he also vowed Washington's "unflagging commitment" in defending Ukraine's territorial integrity. "Together we've committed nearly 700 tanks and thousands of armoured vehicles, 1,000 artillery systems... and that doesn't count the other half a billion dollars we're announcing with you today and tomorrow that's going to be coming your way," Biden tells his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky. SOUNDBITE