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At least 21 people were killed in a missile attack on a building in the Odessa region.
Moscow denies being behind the strike.
The Ukrainian army on Friday evening accused the Russians of having fired phosphorus bombs on Serpents' Island in the Black Sea, recovered on Thursday by kyiv forces.
The Pentagon on Friday announced new military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $820 million, including missiles, shells and anti-aircraft defense tools.
Fighting continues around Lyssytchansk, the last major city yet to be conquered by the Russians in the Lugansk region, one of the two provinces of the Donbass industrial basin.
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War in Europe beyond Ukraine 'of course' a possibility, says Finland
Finnish Foreign Minister Pekka Haavisto said in an interview with CNN on Friday that a war in Europe beyond Ukraine was "of course" a possibility.
He urged countries to support Kyiv.
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New US military aid
The Pentagon on Friday announced new military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $820 million, including missiles, shells and air defense tools, to deal with the Russian military in the south and east of the country at war.
This 14th set of equipment includes two anti-aircraft systems, four counter-battery radars, new missiles for the American Himars multiple rocket launchers, recently arrived on the battlefield, and up to 150,000 155 mm shells.
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