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The scope of Moscow's assault appears to be widening as Ukraine warns of a new Russian offensive.

Kyiv has asked for dozens of F-16s, the single-engine fighter jet developed in the 1970s by General Dynamics and the U.S. So it was with air defense systems, when President Biden decided in late December to send a Patriot battery to Ukraine, and Germany and the Netherlands then announced that they too would send Patriot launchers and missiles. Every day for months, Ukrainian soldiers have fired thousands of American-made artillery shells at Russian troops, and all of that ammunition begins its journey to the battlefield at factories in northeastern Pennsylvania. The idea was the start of a daring and daunting journey in which the two men set off in a small fishing boat with a 60-horsepower motor to travel hundreds of miles over several days — past Russian border guards and through the treacherous Bering Sea — to win asylum on U.S. Russia analysts say that the loss of life is unlikely to be a deterrent to Mr. The military junta in neighboring Burkina Faso also has vowed to strengthen ties with Russia, while [ordering France](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/world/africa/france-military-burkina-faso.html) to pull out troops stationed in the country. [killed in a helicopter crash](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/18/world/europe/denys-monastyrsky-ukraine-minister-helicopter-crash.html) near Kyiv, the cause of which remains under investigation. The expected move comes amid a [widening corruption scandal](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/02/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-probe.html?action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&state=default&module=styln-russia-ukraine&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc), although Mr. The relationship with Mali is just one of several military alliances that the Kremlin has strengthened in recent years, a mutually beneficial strategy that has made Russia a favored security partner for many African nations. But Ukrainian officials warned that tens of thousands of Russian soldiers have been deployed to the region and could be gathering for a more coordinated assault. “Special attention was paid to the positions of the defense forces in the Bakhmut direction and their provision with necessary munitions,” his office said in a statement. Lieutenant Roman Konon, who is fighting in the city with the “Freedom” battalion of the Ukrainian National Guard, said Russia continued to attack with “an unprecedented force.”