The Pentagon is set to send another $2.6 billion in weapons to Ukraine, U.S. defense officials said Tuesday.
They pledged $500 million from U.S. military stocks and $2.1 billion in arms after purchasing them from defense contractors. The Biden administration has provided tens of billions of dollars in weapons to Ukraine, mostly after Russia invaded in February 2022.
Earlier Tuesday, Finland became a member of NATO, ending its long-standing military nonalignment in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The move reshapes European security, extending the transatlantic military alliance’s reach to the continent’s Arctic frontier and doubling its land border with Russia.
Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe.
Investigators skeptical of yacht’s role in Nord Stream bombing: After saboteurs severely damaged the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines in September, German officials zeroed in on a rented sailboat that appeared to have taken part in planting explosive devices deep below the surface of the Baltic Sea. Now, officials believe more than one vessel might have been involved and wonder whether the 50-foot sailing yacht that investigators scoured for clues could be a decoy, The Post reports.
The attack disabled Nord Stream 1 and part of Nord Stream 2, two undersea pipelines that carried Russian natural gas to Europe. » …
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