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US President Joe Biden will announce new air defense weapons for Ukraine during a visit by President Zelensky Friday, the White House says. "President Biden will announce a new package of military assistance today that includes significant air defense capabilities to help Ukraine," National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says during a briefing. SOUNDBITE
The United States denounces "loose talk" on nuclear weapons after Russian President Vladimir Putin said Moscow would only use an atomic weapon in response to an enemy strike. Declining to respond directly to Putin, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters, "We think any loose talk of nuclear weapons is absolutely irresponsible." SOUNDBITE
"The United States does not have a biological weapons program. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the United States," US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield tells the Security Council, strongly rejecting Russia's claim of such activity. SOUNDBITE
The United Nations is "not aware" of any biological weapons program in Ukraine, a disarmament official says after Russia accused the United States of "military-biological activities" there and called for a UN probe. SOUNDBITE
US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan says the United States will "have another announcement of immediate security assistance to announce next week" as part of its "long-term commitment to strengthening Ukraine's armed forces," during a briefing at the White House. SOUNDBITE
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby announces a new tranche of weapons for Ukraine's forces fighting Russia, including ammunition for the increasingly important rocket launchers and artillery guns. SOUNDBITE
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