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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy kicks off a US trip Sunday by visiting a Pennsylvania ammunition factory that supplies critical munitions for the Ukrainian troops.
His visit comes as Kyiv continues to pressure the US and other Western allies to authorize the use of their long-range weapons to strike deep within Russia, a move that Russian President Vladamir Putin has warned would put Moscow “at war” with NATO.
At one point in the war, Ukraine was firing as many as 8,000 of the Pennsylvania-made shells per day, Politico reported, enough to briefly raise concern that the US’ defense stockpiles may not be robust enough to support another potential conflict, prompting a ramp up in production…