A Ukrainian soldier demonstrates an American-provided M141 “bunker-buster” missile in Ukraine on Thursday.Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times YAVORIV, Ukraine — With television cameras rolling, a Ukrainian soldier heaved an America-made missile launcher onto his shoulder and pressed a red button. The missile streaked out and blew a target — a pile of tires — to smithereens.
For the more than two months after Russia began its military buildup near Ukraine last fall, the United States was quiet about its military aid to Kyiv, merely acknowledging sending arms that had been scheduled for delivery long ago.
That has changed now. […]
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