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Some 90 tonnes of US military aid has arrived in Ukraine, amid tensions over Russia’s troop build-up on the border. It was the first shipment of a recently approved package of US military aid for Ukraine and included ammunition for front-line defenders.
The delivery followed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to Kyiv this week, where he warned of a tough response if Russia was to invade. Moscow has denied any plans to attack or invade Ukraine.
In the meantime, United States and Russia have agreed to extend negotiations as the Biden administration pursues a fragile diplomatic path to averting a Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Both sides said that the two diplomats planned to speak again after that, and they left the door open to another conversation between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin to try to resolve the crisis.