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View all search resultsUS to send Ukraine advanced weapons
Battle for Severodonetsk intensifi es, with heavy casualties on both sides.
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nited States President Joe Biden has said the US would send more advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, as Russian troops press on with their ferocious bid to complete the capture of a key eastern city.
The battle for Severodonetsk has grown in intensity in recent days, with heavy casualties on both the Ukrainian and Russian sides.
"The Russians are storming, consolidating in the center of Severodonetsk, while continuing to destroy infrastructure and industrial facilities," Lugansk region governor Sergiy Gaiday wrote on Telegram early on Wednesday.
One of the industrial hubs on Russia's path to taking the eastern Lugansk region, Severodonetsk has become a target of massive Russian firepower since the failed attempt to capture Kyiv.
The Russians now control most of the destroyed city, according to regional authorities.
But in a boost for the outgunned Ukrainian military, Biden has confirmed that more US weaponry is on the way.
"We will provide the Ukrainians with more advanced rocket systems and munitions that will enable them to more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine," Biden wrote in The New York Times.
