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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed decrees Friday to declare four Ukrainian regions part of Russia as the Kremlin seeks to solidify its tenuous hold over Ukrainian territory through a widely denounced illegal annexation.
Russia’s withdrawal from the city comes one day after Moscow illegally annexed the surrounding region.
The Pentagon is ordering the rocket system launchers it said it would send as part of a $1.1 billion package, suggesting a shift to supporting Ukraine in a long, open-ended war.
The requests lent an air of formality to a process condemned by the West. They followed sham referendums in four regions in Ukraine that purported to put voters’ stamp of approval on joining Russia.
The U.S. will provide an additional $1.1 billion in aid to Ukraine, with funding for about 18 more advanced rocket systems and other weapons to counter drones that Russia has been using against Ukrainian troops, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.