Energy sites caught fire on Wednesday in the Russian region of Smolensk, some 400 km from the Ukrainian borders.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry dispatched rescue workers to the scene.
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STRIKES IN RUSSIA CLAIMED
Ukraine claimed responsibility for the strikes in Russia which targeted several energy sites overnight.
DRONE ATTACK IN LIPETSK, RUSSIA
While the governor of the Smolensk region reported that energy sites had been targeted by drone attacks, the governor of the Lipetsk region, Igor Artamonov, also reported strikes in the city of the same name. “The criminal regime in kyiv tried to strike infrastructure in the industrial zone of Lipetsk,” said Igor Artamonov. He reported no casualties and assured that residential areas were not threatened.
According to his post on Telegram, the attack targeted the city’s special economic zone, located some 400 km from the Ukrainian borders in the south, which is home to metallurgical and pharmaceutical companies.
RUSSIAN ENERGY SITES ON FIRE
Energy sites caught fire in the Smolensk region in western Russia after drone attacks, regional governor Vasily Anokhine said. “Our region is once again targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks,” he wrote on Telegram. “Following the enemy’s attack on civilian energy infrastructure sites, fires broke out,” added the governor, without further details.
The attack did not cause any casualties, he added. The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry dispatched rescue workers to the scene.
LONG BUT WITHOUT SUSPENSION DEBATES
The Senate voted overnight for aid to Ukraine, allowing the country in difficulty on the front to hope for a package of 61 billion dollars in military and economic assistance. According to LCI’s correspondent in the United States, Axel Monnier, the debates were longer than expected, but without suspense. All that is now missing is the signature of American President Joe Biden. Return to the results for this help, in the video below.
The US Congress definitively passed aid to UkraineSource : TF1 Info
POINT POSITION
Find here a summary of the major information linked to the conflict of the last 24 hours:
- American aid definitively adopted by the American Congress: during the night, Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the American Senate which voted for aid to Ukraine, painfully adopted by the House of Representatives, last Saturday. Following the final adoption of this military and economic aid of 61 billion dollars, Joe Biden announced that new weapons would be sent to Ukraine “this week”, while the country is in difficulty on the front, lack of sufficient ammunition.
- Additional help from the UK: During a visit to Poland, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced his commitment to providing an additional 500 million pounds in aid to Ukraine. The United Kingdom must provide 60 boats, more than 1,600 missiles, among other things for anti-aircraft defense, as well as long-range Storm Shadow missiles. Added to this are nearly 4 million rounds of ammunition for small arms
- Mobilization of Ukrainians abroad: in difficulty on the front, Ukraine also faces a problem of mobilization and renewal of troops, after two years of war. With this in mind, kyiv has decided to suspend its consular services for men aged 18 to 60 living abroad, in order to encourage them to return home to fight.
- Attack on Odessa: Russian military pressure on Ukrainian cities continues. On the night of April 22 to 23, a drone attack on the city of Odessa, a large port city on the Black Sea, left nine people injured, including four children.
GOOD MORNING
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It’s only a matter of hours: the American Congress will vote very soon on the final adoption of a huge aid plan for Ukraine, the result of months of extremely tense and laborious negotiations. The package, which also includes funds for Israel, Taiwan and an ultimatum to TikTok, could pass the Senate by the end of the day Tuesday.
“Let’s not keep our friends around the world waiting another moment,” launched Democratic leader Chuck Schumer, pleading for the imminent holding of a vote. The debates could, at the latest, stretch until Wednesday.
There is almost no doubt about its adoption: this enormous military and economic assistance program, demanded for months by President Joe Biden, benefits from the support of elected officials on both sides. It was already approved on Saturday in the House of Representatives, the scene of long and difficult negotiations.
