Joe Biden approves £76m transfer of anti-armour missiles to Ukraine

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>US President Joe Biden has approved a 100 million-dollar &lpar;£76 million&rpar; transfer of Javelin anti-armour missiles to Ukraine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The transfer brings the total of US military assistance for Ukraine to 2&period;4 billion dollars &lpar;£1&period;8 billion&rpar; since Mr Biden took office in January 2021&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The White House announced late on Tuesday that Mr Biden approved the assistance&comma; which is funded as part of a broader 13&period;6 billion dollars &lpar;£10&period;4 billion&rpar; in aid for Ukraine approved by Congress last month after Russia’s invasion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>An administration official confirmed anonymously that it was for a transfer of the Javelin missiles&comma; which have been requested by the Ukrainian military to combat Russian armour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; police in the Romanian capital say a car has crashed into the gate of the Russian embassy&comma; bursting into flames and killing the driver&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Police in Bucharest say the sedan rammed into the gate at about 6am &lpar;4am London&rpar; on Wednesday but did not enter the embassy compound&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;167575" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-167575" style&equals;"width&colon; 922px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;londonglossy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2021&sol;04&sol;6A78E0A0-9B51-48A0-AED2-67A6043B6885&period;jpeg" alt&equals;"President Joe Biden" width&equals;"922" height&equals;"544" class&equals;"size-full wp-image-167575" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-167575" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">President Joe Biden<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said French President Emmanuel Macron has agreed to provide technical and expert support for an investigation into crimes committed by Russian troops in Bucha and elsewhere&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Zelensky said on Tuesday that he also asked Mr Macron to help the people trapped in the besieged southern city of Mariupol&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with Turkey’s Haberturk television in Kyiv&comma; 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