He said he had information that Russian troops are currently being supplied with new equipment and supplies in Belarus. That would indicate that the troops will be sent back to Ukraine as soon as possible. On Tuesday, the Russians announced new fighting against Ukrainian forces defending the strategically important southern Ukrainian port city of Mariupol on the Sea of Azov.
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Ukrainian troops will soon be able to use so-called switchblade drones, which the US Department of Defense promised to send to Ukraine on Tuesday. These are small tube-launched kamikaze drones equipped with an anti-armor warhead that can penetrate, for example, a tank. Ukrainian military personnel in the US are currently being trained in the use of the drones, the defense official said.
He also reiterated the US accusation that the killing of civilians last weekend in Butya, a suburb of Kiev, was “deliberately and premeditated”.