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Ukraine Update….119 days into the Russian move on the Ukraine…More US Millitary to Europe….

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President Biden is sending more US troops and military aircraft to Europe….

Something past President’s had been trying to do the opposite …

There has been a POW exchange between Russia and the Ukraine….

This is the second day on the madrid NATO summit….

The US delivers $1.3  Billion to the Ukraine’s bank….

President Biden, speaking Wednesday on the second day of a NATO summit, unveiled plans for an increased U.S. military presence in Europe, in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The new deployments are to include a permanent headquarters for the U.S. 5th Army Corps in Poland — a move that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long resisted — as well as the movement of two more F-35 fighter jet squadrons to the United Kingdom.

Leaders of NATO member states decided Wednesday to invite Sweden and Finland to join the alliance, announcing the move a day after Turkey agreed to drop its opposition to their bids. The addition of the two Nordic countries will bring the alliance to 32 members and underscores how Russia’s war in Ukraine is transforming regional security.

Putin said Wednesday that Russia will respond in kind to Finland and Sweden joining NATO if the expansion includes troop and military infrastructure deployments, repeating a months-old threat.

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Here’s what to know:

  • Russia and Ukraine each exchanged 144 soldiers on Wednesday in a swap that Ukrainian authorities called the largest prisoner exchange since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion in February.
  • Putin still intends to capture most of Ukraine, with the war likely setting into a grinding conflict in the near-term, the top U.S. intelligence official said.
  • The Treasury Department announced the delivery of $1.3 billion in economic aid to Ukraineto help the beleaguered nation respond to the enormous financial impact of Russia’s invasion.
  • Bulgaria says it is expelling 70 Russian diplomats on grounds that they pose a threat to national security. The diplomats must depart by Sunday.
  • The U.S. has accused several companies and research institutes in China of supporting Russia’s military after the Ukraine invasion began, in one of the first concrete signs of Chinese entities allegedly helping Russia against Washington’s wishes….

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