Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky told Fox News late on Tuesday that Ukraine would lose the war if Washington, its main military backer, pulled funding. The Ukranian leader said it would be "very dangerous if we lose unity in Europe, and what is most important is unity between Ukraine and the United States".

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The controversial White House move to send Kyiv land mines comes as Russia’s advances in eastern Ukraine threaten to overwhelm front-line defenses.

US President Joe Biden has agreed to give Ukraine anti-personnel land mines, a US official told the BBC. The official, who was speaking on condition of anonymity, said such mines would be delivered soon and Washington expected that they would be used on Ukraine's territory.

In addition, those long range missiles now getting approval out of the United States for land mines as well. Walk us through the strategy. Walk us through the strikes by Ukraine. Yeah, it was a lot of news to get through yesterday and a lot of sort of very considerable and potentially very influential news when you hear about Russia sort of renewing its nuclear doctrine.