Ukraine stabilizes the north after surprise Russian push - but faces fresh pressure in the east

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "Our policy using long-range strike weaponry to go into Russia hasn't changed, but what we have done is provide Ukraine the ability to counterfire, to fire back at those Russian troops that are firing at them and to be able to take out their artillery batteries as they're firing at the Ukrainians and I think that's going to prove to be very, very helpful to Ukraine going forward," Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
49% : Valentyn Ogirenko/ReutersThe US HIMARS system has become the go-to weapon system to hit the Russian positions, according to Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament's Committee on National Security, Defense and Intelligence.

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