Russia shells Ukraine's Odesa as US pledges fresh arms for Kyiv

KYIV - Russian forces intensified their fight in Ukraine's east and fired missiles over the port city of Odesa, as US President Joe Biden signed a law speeding up arms deliveries to Kyiv.

Missiles earlier rumbled through Moscow's Red Square as Russia's President Vladimir Putin sought to channel national pride on the anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany into support for a war that has killed thousands and sent millions into exile. Full control of Mariupol would allow Moscow to create a land bridge between the Crimean peninsula, which it annexed in 2014, and eastern regions run by pro-Russian separatists.

The celebration in Red Square also featured some 11,000 troops and more than 130 military vehicles, although a planned military flypast was cancelled. "We will not allow anyone to annex this victory. We will not allow it to be appropriated," he said in a video speech shortly before Mr Putin spoke. "I can't speak to how many camps or what they look like," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters when asked about statements from Kyiv that some 1.2 million Ukrainians were being sent across the border and placed in camps.

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