10 things you need to know today: June 1, 2022

Biden says the U.S. will send Ukraine advanced rockets, Uvalde school police reportedly stop cooperating, and more

High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, seen here in Morocco
High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers, seen here in Morocco
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1. Biden says U.S. sending Ukraine advanced rocket systems

The United States is sending advanced medium-range rocket systems to Ukraine, the most significant weapons that President Biden has sent since the start of the war. Ukraine has long pushed for the U.S. to provide the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, which can fire satellite-fired rockets, despite concerns in Washington that Russia would see that as a provocation. Biden said in a guest essay in The New York Times that the latest aid would help Ukraine "fight on the battlefield and be in the strongest possible position at the negotiating table." The rockets will give Ukraine the capability of attacking beyond the current reach of its artillery. Biden and other administration officials stressed that the weapons would help Ukraine to defend its own territory, not to attack Russia.

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.