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US President Joe Biden will use a trip to an emergency NATO summit next week to assert Washington's "iron-clad" backing to its allies, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Kiev, Jul 30 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Sergey Dolzhenko) Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Kiev to protest against violence directed at the LGBTQ community and ask the government to take more action to stop radical violence against discriminated groups.
Ukrainian security services on Tuesday arrested former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili after he climbed onto the roof of his apartment building and addressed supporters before massive crowds managed to free the detained politician from the police van amid a showdown with officers in central Kiev, AFP correspondents reported. IMAGES of arrest
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"It is certainly possible that Russia could make additional tactical gains in the coming weeks" against Ukraine, US national security advisor Jake Sullivan says during a White House news briefing. 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