Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday in a renewed show of U.S. support for Ukraine, hours after explosions and the roar of air defense missiles rang out in the city and Ukraine’s military said it shot down Russian cruise missiles aimed at the capital.
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Russia’s extensive use of cluster munitions in Ukraine last year led to the highest number of casualties from the widely banned weapons in more than a decade, according to an annual report from the Cluster Munition Coalition, an international watchdog group that has for years sought to eradicate their use.
A general election in Slovakia this month will be a test of European unity on Ukraine, and of Russia’s efforts to undermine it. The front-runner has vowed to halt arms deliveries to Kyiv, denounced sanctions against Russia and railed against NATO.