Just hours after the U.S. Senate blocked a White House request that would have earmarked around$ 60 billion for Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Japan for the pledge of an additional$ 1 billion in aid, saying the funds will give” significant support” to the country.
President Joe Biden, who earlier urged Congress to swiftly review more military aid to Ukraine and warned that Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be emboldened to seize more place if he wins on the field, suffered a major battle in the vote on whether to let the costs with the White House demand to advance.
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” If Putin seizes Ukraine, he wo n’t end there.” He’s pretty much made that clear, Biden said on December 6 in a televised statement, warning that if he took Ukraine, Putin might try to send his forces into one of the NATO nations.
Republicans, but, argued that the bill lacked immigration changes and blocked the whole$ 106 billion request, which also included money for Israel, Taiwan, and to strengthen the southern U.S. border.
With spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying on December 7″ It is to be hoped that there remain enough people with sober minds among American congressmen” and claiming that Biden wanted to” continue burning taxpayers ‘ money in the furnace of war,” the Kremlin expressed hope that Congress will continue to block military aid for Ukraine.
Zelenskiy canceled a meeting with U.S. lawmakers earlier this year because it was becoming increasingly unlikely that the help request would be granted.
He received the pledge from Japan on December 7 that has the potential to raise the total aid package to as much as$ 4.5 billion.
In the midst of protracted fighting in the south, particularly in and around the industrial town of Avdiyivka near the Donetsk region, Ukraine has been preparing for a second longer winter of war with Russia, which began its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
The city, which has emerged as the most recent example of Ukrainian resistance, has been the target of Russian soldiers ‘ attempts to surround it for several weeks.
Also after Russia took control of a sizable portion of the Donetsk region in 2014, including the town of Avdiyivka, which is only 10 meters to the south, Ukraine has continued to control the territory.
More than one-third of the 91 assaults that Kyiv’s forces fought off on the whole front range over the previous 24 hours were repelled by Russian forces in the Avdiyivivka area, according to the military public employees of Ukraine.
Independent confirmation of the battle information was impossible.
On December 6, the United Nations issued a warning that Moscow was intensifying its attacks on Ukraine’s power system due to the country being hit by heavy storms and freezing conditions.
According to Assistant Secretary-General Miroslav Jenca, Russia’s attacks on crucial Ukrainian civilian infrastructure have worsened human conditions in addition to killing civilians.
He commanded that all assaults on citizens and civil facilities be stopped right away. They are just unethical and are against international humanitarian law.
After a power plant close to the front line was shelled, causing significant damage and crippling two strength products, Ukraine asked people to save energy for the first time during this chilly season.
There is a brief light shortage, according to the Energy Ministry, as the two units have been shut down and demand has increased. Customers were urged by the government to support power employees by using energy “wisely and commercially, especially during peak hours.”
Russian attacks that have repeatedly resulted in significant damage have put pressure on Ukraine’s energy generator.
Russia also keeps attacking important grain export system.
Oleh Kiper, the government of the Odesa area, stated in a message on his Telegram channel that it launched helicopter strikes on the Danube harbor of Izmayil on December 7 that resulted in the death of one person and damage to interface features.
The 18 Iranian-made robots that Russia launched at the Odesa and Khmelnytskiy parts on December 7 were shot down by Ukrainian air threats, according to earlier reports. The military claimed in a Telegram information that the Shahed-136/131 drone attack originated from Cape Chauda in the Crimean place under Moscow’s occupation.
The Danube interface infrastructure was particularly attacked. Trucks, a grain elevator, and the inventory were all harmed. One of the truck drivers was killed, according to Kiper, who also mentioned that a fireplace started but was quickly put out by emergency personnel.
Ukraine has used its Danube ports of Reni and Izmayil on the frontier with Romania to deliver food to the Romanian Black Sea harbor of Constanta since the decline in July of a United Nations-broken agreement allowing the secure passing of Ukrainian grain shipments from dark sea ports.
Since then, Russia has used drone strikes to attack both Odesa, Ukraine’s primary Black Sea port, and the two Danube slots, severely damaging them and interfering with their ability to export corn. On the place of Romania, a NATO member, debris from broken Russian drones has even crashed.
