United States President Joe Biden approved a $100 million transfer of Javelin anti-armor missiles to Ukraine on Tuesday, according to an administration official. This comes as the US and its allies were set to impose new sanctions on Moscow over civilian killings in northern Ukraine, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described as “war crimes” demanding commensurate punishment. The Ukrainian human rights ombudswoman said between 150 and 300 bodies may be in a mass grave by a church in the northern town of Bucha, where Ukraine accuses Russian troops of killing civilians. Russia called the allegations out of Bucha a “monstrous forgery” aimed at denigrating the Russian army. Meanwhile, in a UN Security Council briefing on Ukraine crisis, India “unequivocally condemned” the Bucha killings as “deeply disturbing” and supported the call for an “independent probe” into the happenings in the Ukrainian town. This is the strongest statement by New Delhi so far on Russia’s actions following its invasion of Ukraine which began February 24.
