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Ukraine rejects Russian ultimatum to surrender eastern city as US sends more weapons to Kyiv

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Sievierodonetsk remains the focus of fighting in eastern Ukraine as US President Joe Biden announced $1 billion worth of additional arms and $225 million in humanitarian aid.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Sievierodonetsk remains the focus of fighting in eastern Ukraine as US President Joe Biden announced $1 billion worth of additional arms and $225 million in humanitarian aid.


Ukraine ignored a Russian ultimatum to surrender the eastern city of Severodonetsk on Wednesday as the United States announced more weapons for Kyiv and urged its allies not to "lose steam" in providing military support.

Severodonetsk, now largely in ruins, has for weeks been the main focal point of the war. Russia had told Ukrainian forces holed up in a chemical plant there to stop "senseless resistance and lay down arms" from Wednesday morning, pressing its advantage in the battle for control of eastern Ukraine.

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