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The week began with a visit to Kyiv on Orthodox Easter by Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. Blinken said “Ukraine is succeeding” while Russia is failing in its war
aims, and Austin was quoted as saying the US wants to see Russia “weakened” militarily, stating that
Ukraine has “the mindset that they want to win and we have the mindset that we want to help them
win.” The UK is apparently considering supplying Ukraine with anti-ship missiles, in part to assist with
food exports from Ukraine through the Black Sea, according to UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace: “We
have said we will source and supply, if we can, anti-ship missiles. It’s incredibly important that grain that
affects us all, the food prices, does get out of Ukraine. It can’t control the Black Sea. It’s not theirs
anymore. And therefore making sure that Russian ships are not used to bombard cities is important.”
Wallace also revealed that Russia has lost about 15,000 troops in the invasion.
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