US to increase military aid to Ukraine including Humvees and drones

‘The US announced it was stepping up non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine on Wednesday with a $75m (£50m) package that includes armoured Humvees and surveillance drones.

The moves come as US and Nato officials report that Russia has continued to move men and materiel, including tanks, into eastern Ukraine since the February 12 ceasefire that was brokered in Minsk by Germany and France.

The US also announced new economic sanctions to be targeted at officials in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Ukraine as well as the Russian National Commercial Bank and a nationalist Russian group.’

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