Ukraine live briefing: Harris to affirm U.S. commitment to Kyiv; heavy fighting continues in Bakhmut
Amid the specter of fierce fighting in Ukraine over the coming spring, Vice President Harris has arrived in Germany for the Munich Security Conference, where she will convey the United States’ continuing commitment to Kyiv. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will join her at the annual international gathering of political, intelligence and defense leaders.
On the ground in Ukraine, heavy fighting continues in Bakhmut, the eastern city that military experts say has become a symbolic rather than strategic target. Yevgeniy Prigozhin, the leader of the Wagner Group, a Kremlin-linked mercenary organization, told state media that Russia would not encircle the battered city until March or April.
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But a nearly year later, the military resources have been impacted by aid shipments to Ukraine and forces are in a worse place, Germany’s new defense minister, Boris Pistorius, told The Post’s Loveday Morris, Kate Brady and David L. Stern. “Given the rate at which materiel and weapons and ammunition are being provided, it’s impossible to reorder and deliver again,” Pistorius said.