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"This is an internal Russian affair in which the United States is not involved and will not be involved," US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says in Washington following unrest in Russia involving the Wagner mercenary group. SOUNDBITE
"I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMs at the President's direction," US State Department spokesman Vedant Patel tells reporters. Biden "quietly directed his national security team to send ATACMs to Ukraine for use inside Ukrainian sovereign territory in February. They started moving as part of the military aid package we announced on March 12th," Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
The United States will soon announce measures against Russia's Wagner mercenary group over its past activities in Africa, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller says during a news briefing. SOUNDBITE
The US State Department is "incredibly concerned" about reports that Russia arrested an American journalist, a US State Department spokesman tells reporters at a press briefing. "I want to say clearly and unequivocally in the strongest terms, we condemn the Kremlin's continued attempts to intimidate, repress and punish journalists and civil society voices," Vedant Patel adds. SOUNDBITE
A live feed from Russian space agency Roscosmos shows an Iranian satellite launched by Russia blasting off from Kazakhstan amid controversy that Moscow might use it to improve its surveillance of military targets in Ukraine. The Russian mission control confirmed its subsequent entry into orbit. IMAGES