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Video released by Ukraine's national police on June 13 showed damage to residential buildings in the city of Bakhmut and other areas in the Donetsk region. (Video: Reuters)

Russia makes progress in the east as Ukraine pleads for weapons

Updated June 13, 2022 at 9:20 p.m. EDT|Published June 13, 2022 at 2:09 a.m. EDT
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As Russian forces position themselves to take more of Ukraine’s eastern regions in the coming days, Ukrainian officials are intensifying requests for Western help while their forces see death tolls climb and weapons dwindle.  
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  • U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will host a Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.
  • Russia has repeatedly used cluster munitions — a type of weapon that drops explosives indiscriminately on a wide area — in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
  • NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Sweden on Monday, a day after talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. The two Nordic nations, alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have applied to join NATO.
  • The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will host a Ukraine Defense Contact Group Meeting at NATO’s headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday.
Russia has repeatedly used cluster munitions — a type of weapon that drops explosives indiscriminately on a wide area — in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, according to a new report by Amnesty International.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg met with Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson in Sweden on Monday, a day after talks with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto. The two Nordic nations, alarmed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have applied to join NATO.
The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can subscribe to our channel.

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