After another night marked by nocturnal strikes in Ukraine between Thursday and Friday, the Ukrainian president urged NATO to provide him with weapons.
The fate of kyiv hangs on a crucial vote in the US Congress
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke a few hours before a crucial vote for kyiv in the US Congress. “We are getting closer to an important agreement with the United States.” This vote on aid of 61 billion dollars (57 billion euros) expected for several months by kyiv is scheduled for today in the American House of Representatives. If adopted, it would allow the Ukrainian army to catch its breath in this high-intensity conflict which has exhausted many of its fighters and damaged the morale of the troops.
Pregnant woman killed in Russia during Ukrainian bombing
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said Ukrainian shelling caused the death of a pregnant woman in a village near the border with Ukraine. “The village of Novaya Tavolzhanka in the Shebekinsky urban district came under Ukrainian fire. A woman and an unborn baby died from their wounds,” said Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
Ukrainian attack hits energy infrastructure in Russia
Ukraine launched drones on eight Russian regions overnight from Friday to Saturday, hitting a fuel depot and three electrical substations, a Ukrainian defense source told AFP. “At least three electrical substations and a fuel depot were hit and caught fire. The target was the energy infrastructure that powers the Russian military-industrial complex,” the source said.
Two dead in Ukrainian drone attack in Russia’s Belgorod region
A Ukrainian drone attack left two people dead in the Russian region of Belgorod, in the west of the country, the local governor reported early this Saturday morning. “The village of Poroz, in the urban district of Graivoron, was attacked by the Ukrainian armed forces with drones. As a result of the dropping of two explosive devices, a residential building caught fire (…) two civilians died” , Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram.
A crucial vote in the US Congress this Saturday
American parliamentarians must vote from 1:00 p.m. local time (7:00 p.m. in France) on a gigantic envelope of 95 billion dollars, requested for months by President Joe Biden. Of this envelope, an amount of 61 billion dollars is promised for aid to Ukraine. But the Republicans, led by Donald Trump, are increasingly reluctant to finance a conflict which is getting bogged down…
Ukraine “cannot wait any longer”: Zelensky urges NATO to provide weapons
Volodymyr Zelensky asked NATO last night to deliver weapons as quickly as possible to Ukraine, which “cannot wait any longer” in the face of Russian pressure. The Ukrainian president spoke by videoconference, insisting on the fact that kyiv lacks men and ammunition in the face of Russians who have superiority on the front and who are increasing their strikes. “We can no longer wait for decisions to be made. I ask you to take our requests into consideration as quickly as possible,” launched Volodymyr Zelensky, according to comments reported by his services.