ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine: United States President Joe Biden announced on Friday another package of military assistance for Ukraine as dozens of civilians were evacuated from Mariupol's besieged steel plant, the last pocket of resistance against Russian troops in the southern port city.

Worth $150 million, the latest security assistance would include artillery munitions and radars, Biden said, as Ukraine braces for fresh bombardment by Moscow's forces ahead of May 9, the day Russia celebrates the Soviet Union's victory over the Nazis in World War 2.

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