The United States announced that it would provide an additional $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine to fight Russia.
More announcements of weapons and equipment packages were expected at a gathering of nearly 50 countries on Wednesday, according to a senior US defense official.
Western military and intelligence officials believe Russia's war in Ukraine is at a critical stage that could determine the long-term outcome of the conflict, according to multiple sources familiar with US and Western intelligence.
Russian forces are now in control of most of Severodonetsk, the epicenter of the bloody battle for Ukraine's eastern Donbas region, but Ukrainian lines to the city still do not appear to be fully severed.
Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children have been forced to leave their homes due to the war, according to a Unicef official.
Video summary of the war Ukraine - Russia: June 15
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