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US President Joe Biden pledges more heavy artillery, ammunition and drones to Ukraine as part of a new $800m weapons package.
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Civilians could not evacuate Kherson due to shelling: Army
A planned humanitarian corridor from occupied villages in the Kherson region to Dnipropetrovsk did not go ahead on Thursday due to constant shelling from Russian forces, Ukraine’s army has said.
“The invaders did not follow the agreements, did not cease the shelling and detained the evacuation column at the checkpoint. The vehicles were forced to return and could not take people out of the occupied villages of Kherson region,” the south operational command of the armed forces reported on Facebook.
