Vladimir Putin will edge closer to deploying a nuclear attack if Ukraine continues its valiant pushback against the invasion of Russian troops, a top US defense official warned. The darts protect the Iskander rockets from air defense missiles by using heat-seeking and radar technology to fool defense systems, a U.S. intelligence officer claims according to the New York Times. The State Department also confirmed an American citizen was shot dead by Russian forces in the northern city of Chernihiv. He called Putin a 'murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine.' In Mariupol, hundreds of civilians were reportedly taking shelter in a grand, columned theater in the city's center when it was hit Wednesday by Russian forces.
