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That was a shock.
This is one of her tiaras, abstracted. 

I added a video to yesterday's blip after seeing it at the NYTimes. It is of ChiChi the chimpanzee. 

Brits of Ukrainian descent have gone to Ukraine to help build Valkyrie drones. 

The EU has promised another $5 billion in emergency funding. 

Britain sent a second round of Multiple Launch Rocket System vehicles. Ukraine now has 26 advanced rocket systems between MLRS and HIMARS. 

The US is preparing another $675 million in military supplies. Secretary of State Blinken pledged an additional $2 billion in long-term support for Ukraine and other countries at risk of invasion. 

There is a group called Ukraine Defense Contact Group, a coalition of 50 countries helping Ukraine with military and humanitarian aid. It was formed in April when it became clear Russia wasn't going to win in three days.

The Pentagon has sent Ukraine its most accurate artillery shell, the GPS-guided Excalibur. Now that is a heroic name. It is guided by satellites and can hit within seven feet of its target. We are sending them ours and buying more to replace our supplies. It has a range of 25 MILES!!!!

Ukraine has recaptured up to 150 square miles in the Kharkiv region, including seven towns, according to the US think tank the Institute for the Study of War. This was helped by Russia moving troops south to Kherson. 

Ukraine has systematically attacked routes between the northern and southern areas of Russia's held territory, making it difficult for Russian forces to resupply. 

The retaking of territory near Kharkiv over the past two days also hurts Russia's supply lines, as well as Russia's morale. 

Russia was planning to have a "referendum" in Melitopol. Ukraine blew up the headquarters of a pro-Kremlin group yesterday evening. The group, called We Are Together With Russia, was created by occupying Russian forces. The referendum is now paused. 

Secretary Blinken went to Ukraine and got to meet Patron. He met some humans too of course.