US pledges extra $713m for Ukraine war effort and to weaken Russia
by Dan Sabbagh and Helen Livingstone from on (#5YGTW)
Moscow complains about US military aid as Washington promises more support, including advanced weapons
Russia should be weakened to the point where it can't invade Ukraine", the US defence secretary, Lloyd Austin, said after he and the secretary of state, Antony Blinken, visited Kyiv and pledged a further $713m to help Ukraine in its war effort.
The direct comment came a few hours after the two senior US figures met with with Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy - and was followed by Russia making an official diplomatic complaint about American arms supplies.
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