In the United States, the issue of aid to Ukraine and Israel intensified; Russians attack Donbass cities, many casualties. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Majority Leader in the US Senate, Democrat Chuck Schumer, announced that a consensus had been reached on aid to Ukraine and Israel. According to him, the corresponding consensus was reached during a Sunday telephone conversation between President Joe Biden and the leaders of Congress. “Something can be done this week to help both countries,” Schumer said.
At the same time, more than 90 members of the US House of Representatives, representing both parties, made an open call to Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately introduce a bill passed by the Senate to help Ukraine and Israel. Lawmakers emphasized that the bill has overwhelming bipartisan support of 70 out of 100 votes in the Senate. If it is submitted to the lower house on Monday, it can go to the president for signature in the evening of the same day.
The media later reported that Johnson, in a closed meeting of Republicans, announced his plan to split aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, which had previously been combined in one bill. The White House has said it does not support such an option.
Russian aggressors set fire to eight settlements in the Donetsk region. Civilians were killed and injured. Local authorities reported that four people were killed as a result of the lawsuit in the city of Seversk. The National Police also reported enemy attacks on seven settlements – the cities of Pokrovsk, Selidovo, Toretsk, the villages of Ocheretino, Shcherbinovka, the villages of Kotlino, Predtechino. Damage to 63 civilian objects is known. In Ocheretino, one woman was killed and two other civilians were injured.
Ukraine will receive a “significant number” of F-16 fighters equipped with the latest weapons. This statement was made by Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Bart Eide. “And, perhaps, there will be a long-term strike capability, which is now very important for Ukraine,” the minister predicted. He struggled to answer about the possible number of F-16 aircraft transferred in the future, but assured that it would be “significant.”
In turn, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that Ukraine is counting on Norway’s help in acquiring the Patriot air defense system from other countries as soon as possible specific steps of the Norwegian side in this direction have been made – talked about.
At the Khmelnytsky Nuclear Power Plant, a project for the construction of power units No. 5 and No. 6 using American AP1000 technology from Westinghouse. The fifth power unit at the Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant will be the first in Ukraine built using American AP1000 technology, which provides for maneuverability, which is very important for Ukraine in the face of attacks in the energy sector. Thanks to the construction of power units No. 5 and No. 6 of KhNPP and after the commissioning of two new units No. 3 and No. 4, the capacity of this station will exceed the capacity of Zaporizhia NPP.
NATO countries will provide Ukraine with five mine-resistant ships. Two ships have been received, three are being prepared for transfer from the Netherlands and Belgium. Ukrainian crews preparing to work on the ships Cherkassy and Chernigov, transferred by Britain to the Ukrainian fleet, have completed training.
At an extraordinary meeting of the Drone Coalition steering group, international partners promised to soon begin providing Ukraine with drones of various modifications. In particular, the Netherlands confirmed its intentions to contract a batch of Heidrun RQ-35 drones for 200 million euros in cooperation with Denmark and Germany. Separately, Germany will transfer the VECTOR 211 reconnaissance drone, and Canada will begin the transfer of 450 SkyRanger multi-purpose UAVs in the summer. Lithuania will allocate 3 million euros for the production of FPV drones.
Brigadier General Vladimir Shvedyuk was appointed commander of the troops of the operational command West. Until March 2022, he held the position of deputy commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Troops Forces, and since March 2022, he has been the chief of staff of the Joint Forces group.
Russia has quickly repaired some of the major oil refineries hit by Ukraine’s drone strikes, Reuters reports. It was noted that Russia is rapidly restoring its oil refineries, despite difficulties in acquiring Western technology. This applies to the Ryazan and Kuibyshev oil refineries, which have returned several units to operation.
In Russia, after the Orenburg region, water began to flood the city of Tomsk. The water level in the local river is approaching the critical level of 750 cm, with only 3 cm left to reach it.
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Source: korrespondent
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