The United States announced Friday the sending of $275 million in arms to “help Ukraine repel Russia’s offensive near Kharkiv.”
The material will be drawn from American military stocks.
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The United States is strengthening its support for kyiv. The latter announced on Friday the sending of 275 million dollars in arms for “help Ukraine push back Russia’s offensive near Kharkov“. The material, taken from American military stocks, includes ammunition for the Himars rocket launcher system, artillery shells, guided missiles and anti-tank weapons. So many weapons of which Ukraine has “urgently needed”according to a press release from the US State Department.
This new aid shipment is the fifth authorized by President Biden since the adoption of a $61 billion package at the end of April by Congress, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
THE AUDITORS
Jordan Bardella assures to support Ukraine in his mandate as MEP. According to Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, the RN elected official did not, however, speak out in favor of the use of frozen Russian assets. We verified its position on the subject, voted on in the Strasbourg Parliament last February.
STRIKES IN KHARKIV
Russian forces launched missile attacks against Kharkiv Oblast overnight, destroying a school, according to regional authorities. The Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office reported that 4 S-300 ballistic missile attacks were observed around 1 a.m. local time, according to the Kyiv Independent.
THE POINT IN KHARKIV
kyiv claimed yesterday to have stopped the Russian assault and regained control of the border area in the Kharkiv region. “Our soldiers have now managed to take control of the border area through which the Russian occupiers entered,” said Volodymyr Zelensky in his video of the night addressed to the Ukrainians. All the details in pictures.
Ukraine says it stopped Russian assault on Kharkiv regionSource : TF1 Info
REARMING EUROPE
At the Guardian, the Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs called for a long-term rearmament of Europe and considered that European countries had a lot of catching up to do while his country devotes 4% of its GDP to defense. A meeting to read here.
ZOOM
Lithuania announced this Friday that NATO countries bordering Russia wanted to build a “drone wall” to protect themselves from their neighbor. A technology that would serve to “protect” these states “against provocations from hostile countries and to prevent smuggling,” according to Vilnius.
RUSSIAN HOLDINGS IN SUPPORT OF kyiv
Meeting today in Italy, G7 finance ministers are expected to agree on the basis of an agreement in principle on the use of interest from frozen Russian assets to help kyiv. The final decision will come at the summit of heads of state and government scheduled for mid-June. And while the Ukrainian president is increasing his appeals to the West to speed up arms supplies, his Finance Minister will attend a G7 session in the morning devoted to aid to his country.
AMERICAN AID
As a reminder last night, Washington announced the sending of 275 million dollars in arms to “help Ukraine repel Russia’s offensive near Kharkiv”. The equipment, taken from American military stocks, includes ammunition for the Himars rocket launcher system, artillery shells, guided missiles and anti-tank weapons, all weapons that Ukraine “urgently needs”. according to the US State Department.
This new aid shipment is the 5th authorized by President Biden since the adoption of a $61 billion package at the end of April by Congress, said Secretary of State Antony Blinken, according to whom the arrival “of previous batches have already arrived at the front.
WELCOME
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Against a backdrop of internal disputes between Republicans and Democrats, the United States took months to release this assistance promised by the White House. The Ukrainian army therefore found itself short of weapons when Russia went on the attack again during the fall and winter of 2023-2024.
The Russian army launched an offensive in the Kharkiv region from the border on May 10, seizing several localities and forcing the Ukrainian army to deploy valuable reinforcements in the area. Ukraine, however, assured on Friday that it had “stopped” the Russian assault in the Kharkiv region, and having started a counterattack in this sector of the northeast of the country.