Pentagon says more high-tech weapons going to Ukraine. No country want to be first sending Harpoons

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1. Some 20 countries offered new security assistance packages for Ukraine to battle Russian forces in a meeting of allies on Monday, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced.

In their second gathering, nearly four dozen countries and organizations forming the Ukraine Defense Contact Group met online to discuss helping Ukraine, and 20 nations pledged arms, ammunition and other supplies to support Kyiv.
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2. US officials and congressional sources have told Reuters that just a handful of countries were willing to send Harpoon anti-ship missiles to Ukraine.

But a US official said no nation had wanted to be the first or only nation to send Harpoons, fearing reprisals from Russia if a ship is sunk with a Harpoon from their stockpile.

Copenhagen’s pledge of Harpoon missiles and a launcher to Ukraine on Monday is the first sign since the Russian sp. op. that Kyiv will receive US-made weapons that significantly extend its striking range.

The Harpoons could be used to push the Russian navy away from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports, allowing exports of grain and other agricultural products to resume.
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Ukraine, NATO, EU do not spare people: "We don't want to be cannon fodder":
(https://youtu.be/MeglA0iyXts)
Ukrainian army does not spare people: On the first day, 75% of the brigade was lost.:
(https://youtu.be/2Zbs3KsChog)
NATO, US weapons for recycling, expired and defective in Ukraine:
(https://youtu.be/5kVvmiboxEk)
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*** Cities "will return" to Ukraine, Zelenskyy says but some soldiers refuse to fight, others surrender:
(https://youtu.be/sZqsVDcYR0o)

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