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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Seng.

Sirens this morning over Kiev is heard on CNN as the U.S. and other Western embassies decided to close for the day because of the possibility of a significant Russian air attack.

President Biden is allowing the U.S. to send anti-personnel mines to Ukraine, though it previously

opposed the use of landmines as part of a larger international trend to halt their deployment worldwide.

But in light of the latest developments in Russia's war against Ukraine, including the use of North Korean forces,

NPR's Greg Mirey, says Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced a policy shift today on the sidelines of a security conference in Laos.

He said Russia is sending waves of ground troops towards Ukrainian forces, and Ukraine needs the landmines to, quote, slow down that effort.

The mines will be for use in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces have been making incremental gains and are placing the greatest

pressure on the Ukrainians. In recent days, President Biden also agreed to let Ukraine fire

U.S. ballistic missiles into Russian territory. Greg Myrie, NPR News, Washington.

Venezuela National was convicted today of killing Georgia nursing student Lake and Riley.

The victim's mother, Alison Phillips, urged the court to throw the book at Jose Ibarra.

I'm asking you to please give this monster life without any chance of parole so that he never

gets the chance to hurt anyone else ever again. And the judge did just that sentence Ibar to spend the

rest of his life behind bars.

Ibarra entered the U.S. illegally a few years ago and was allowed to remain in the country to pursue his

immigration case. Riley's death inflamed the national debate over immigration and border security in an

election year. The House Ethics Committee Chairman says there's been no agreement so far on whether

to release

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