For Ukrainian gun commander Oleksandr Kozachenko, the long-awaited U.S. ammunition can’t come fast enough as he and his comrades struggle to hold off relentless Russian attacks. America says it’s rushing ammunition and weapons to Ukraine following the delayed approval of a $61 billion aid package by Congress last month. Gunners with Kozachenko’s 148th Separate Artillery Brigade and the 43rd Artillery Brigade, both in the Donetsk region, said they were desperate for more 155mm rounds for their Western cannons, which had given them an edge over Russia earlier in the war.
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