Washington’s support for Kiev constantly “evolves”, the national security spokesman has argued The US could further ease its restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American-supplied weapons to strike Russia, depending on how the battlefield situation develops, White House national security spokesman John Kirby has stated.

Beijing states that Australia, the US and UK are building a military bloc in Oceania without consulting with the region’s players In response to Australia’s criticism of its security pact with the Solomon Islands, China has accused Canberra and its partners of encouraging an “arms race” in the South Pacific region.

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