U.S. President Joe Biden is expected to announce plans on Thursday to send additional military aid to help Ukraine fight back against the Russian invasion.

Biden's remarks come after Russian President Vladimir Putin tried to claim victory in the strategic port of Mariupol, even as he ordered troops not to storm the last pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the war's iconic battleground.

Russian troops have besieged the southeastern city since the early days of the conflict and largely pulverized it— and top officials have repeatedly indicated it was about to fall, but Ukrainian forces stubbornly held on.

In recent weeks they holed up in a sprawling steel plant, with Russian forces repeatedly issuing ultimatums ordering the defenders to surrender. But Putin has said, for now, he will not risk sending troops into the warren of tunnels under the giant Azovstal plant.

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