Russia-Ukraine live news: US backs ammunition sale to Ukraine
US State Department says Ukraine’s gov’t had asked to buy various rounds of so-called non-standard ammunition.
The US State Department says it supported the approval of a possible sale of $165m worth of ammunition to Ukraine.
Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin promise Ukraine $322m in US military aid, after meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
They also say US diplomats will start returning to the western city of Lviv in the coming week.
Russian top diplomat to Washington warns that the delivery of more military aid would be like “pouring oil on the flames”.
Several locations in central and western Ukraine have been hit by Russian shelling, including five railway stations and two towns in Vinnytsia region, local authorities have said.
