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Ukrainian Resistance Bolstered by Weapons, Aid: Weekend Reads

An aerial view of damaged residential buildings and the Azovstal steel plant in the background in the port city of Mariupol on May 18.

An aerial view of damaged residential buildings and the Azovstal steel plant in the background in the port city of Mariupol on May 18.

Photographer: Andrey Borodulin/AFP/Getty Images

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Ukrainian resistance to Russia’s invasion was strengthened after the Group of Seven unveiled a package worth more than $19 billion in short-term financial assistance and the US Congress passed $40 billion in aid for Kyiv, with a new pledge of American weapons.  

NATO’s top military leaders welcomed Sweden’s and Finland’s applications to join the alliance in the wake of Putin’s war.