Russia Threatens Further Annexations, Ukraine Obliges With Ports For Trade
The timing of Sergey Lavrov's interview with state-run Russia TV appears to both pressure Kyiv into demining the harbours and softening the pro-Russian separatist Donbas, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia provinces from US-supplied missiles. His statements came as the US declared it would deliver Ukraine with more long-range weapons. Ukraine will accept another four High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) rocket systems to stop the passage of Russian battalions, obtaining the actual number to 16. Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska too discoursed US Congress on Wednesday, requesting for more air-defence systems to "help us to stop this nightmare against Ukrainians." Lavrov described in the hour-long interview, "Now the landscape has changed. It’s not just Donetsk and Luhansk. And it's
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