UK to fund 2 million pounds of food supplies for encircled Ukrainian cities


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  • Saturday, 26 Mar 2022

FILE PHOTO: People fleeing Ukraine-Russia conflict stay at a temporary accommodation centre located in the building of a local school in Nikolskoye near the besieged city of Mariupol, Ukraine March 17, 2022. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain said on Saturday it would fund 2 million pounds ($2.6 million) worth of vital food supplies for areas of Ukraine which are encircled by Russian forces following a direct request from the Ukrainian government.

Just over a month after Moscow invaded Ukraine in what it describes as a "special military operation", Russian troops have failed to capture any major Ukrainian cities and have resorted to pounding them with artillery and air strikes.

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