Included in the package will be M13 and M577 armoured personnel carriers, as well as ammunition for reserve training. Lithuania will offer Ukraine additional military support, the Lithuanian ministry of defence announced on Wednesday.EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell said the region “remains focused and steadfast in its support for Ukraine, together with partners”. The European Union will mobilise a fifth tranche of military assistance of €500m to further support Ukraine.In addition, the US will provide additional Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (Gmlrs) ammunition, which can precisely strike targets up to 80km (50 miles) away. “Ukraine needs the firepower and the ammunition to withstand this barrage and to strike back,” he said. The US will provide four more advanced precision Himars rocket systems to Ukraine, defence secretary Lloyd Austin announced.“I am asking for weapons, weapons that would not be used to wage a war on somebody else’s land, but to protect one’s home and the right to wake up alive in that home,” she said, adding that US weapons could help assure a “joint great victory”. The Ukrainian first lady, Olena Zelenska, appealed to US lawmakers to provide more weapons to fight “Russia’s Hunger Games” in an emotional 15-minute speech to members of the House and Senate.The bridge – one of only two crossing points for Russian forces to territory they have occupied on the western bank of the Dnipro river in southern Ukraine – has been a key target for Ukrainian forces in recent days. Ukrainian shelling badly damaged the crucial Antonivskiy bridge in the Russia-controlled Kherson region of southern Ukraine, Moscow-installed regional authorities said.Regional governor Oleh Synehubov said those killed included a man, a woman and a 13-year-old boy as he waited at a bus stop. Russian missile strikes in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv killed three people on Wednesday, according to local officials.He continued: “They simply will never be able to articulate anything that would deserve the serious attention of serious people.” “ don’t make any sense in the current situation.” Lavrov said the previous sit-down proved Ukraine had no “desire to discuss anything in earnest”.
“It’s not just Donetsk and Luhansk, it’s Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, and a number of other territories.” “Now the geography is different,” Lavrov said. Sergei Lavrov said Russia may seek more territory along the frontlines in Ukraine, calling it a buffer against US-supplied Himars rocket artillery. Russia’s foreign minister has said that Moscow’s military “tasks” now go beyond the eastern Donbas region to permanently occupy broad swaths of southern Ukraine.In the meantime, you can read our comprehensive summary of the day’s events below. We will be pausing our live reporting overnight and returning in the morning. Thank you for joining us for today’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine.