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US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with his Ukrainian counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov on the sidelines of the Ukraine Contact Group meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visits the Ukraine grain coordination center and speaks at a press conference with Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar in Istanbul. IMAGES
US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announces $6 billion in new military aid for Ukraine as Washington rushes to fill gaps left by months of limited American assistance. 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
Allies' military backing for Ukraine is paying off on the battlefield, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says, as he hosts a new round of talks on boosting Kyiv militarily. Noting that Ukrainian forces have begun their counter-offensive in the south of the country, Austin says that "now, we're seeing the demonstrable success of our common efforts on the battlefield." SOUNDBITE
Jens Stoltenberg, NATO secretary general, shakes hands with Lloyd Austin, US Secretary of Defense, on the second day of the meeting of NATO member state Ministers of Defence. SOUNDBITE
President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is confident Ukraine would eventually join NATO after the alliance said the Russian-invaded country has an "irreversible" path to membership. "We are doing and will continue to do everything to ensure that the day comes when Ukraine is invited and becomes a NATO member, and I am confident we will achieve this," Zelensky tells a news conference at a NATO summit alongside the alliance's chief Jens Stoltenberg. SOUNDBITE
NATO allies have begun the promised transfer of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine to bolster defenses against Russia, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announces. "As we speak, the transfer of F-16 jets is underway, coming form Denmark, coming from the Netherlands," Blinken says at a NATO 75th anniversary summit in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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