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The leak was alarming within the Pentagon that it referred the matter to the Department of Justice, which has opened a criminal investigation into the disclosure of the documents.
Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s prime minister, is planning to visit in ‘the coming weeks,’ according to a spokesperson for the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office. A date was not given.
Jens Stoltenberg made the comments as French President Emmanuel Macron travels to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping amid the fighting in eastern Europe.
In Warsaw, Zelenskyy was due to meet President Andrzej Duda and Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and speak to Ukrainian refugees.
The U.S. package includes about $500 million in ammunition from existing military stockpiles and at least two new weapons systems that are designed to counter drones.
The Bakhmut battle has been one of the bloodiest of the conflict, now in its second year, with many casualties on both sides and much of the eastern city destroyed by bombardments.
Ukraine has said Russia must withdraw its troops as a precursor to any peace deal, and says any temporary ceasefire would only allow Russia to regroup for future military action.
And Ukraine itself? While Zelenskyy acknowledged that the war has “changed us,” he said that in the end, it has made his society stronger.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion, now into its 14th month, has been bogged down for months amid fierce fighting along the eastern front.
Moscow sees capturing the city as vital to completing the capture of the Donbas industrial region in eastern Ukraine, one of its main war goals.