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 Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister hinted on April 24 that the Ukrainians still want the U.S. to send weapons to their military, as some in Congress have ramped up calls for lethal aid to be provided to the country. “We would definitely be interested to gain all necessary means to protect our country,” Danylo Lubkivsky, the Ukrainian deputy foreign minister, said at a briefing at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, when asked if the Ukrainians were asking for defensive weapons from the U.S. “We have to protect Ukraine against the aggression. All possible means that may help in this case should be used.”

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