Just hours after the U.S. Senate blocked a White House request that would have allocated about$ 60 billion for Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Japan for the additional$ 1 billion in aid, saying the funds will provide” significant support” to the nation.
President Joe Biden, who had previously urged Congress to swiftly review more military aid to Ukraine, warned that Russian president Vladimir Putin may be emboldened to seize more place if he wins on the battlefield, suffered a major defeat in the vote on whether to let the bill with the White House request to advance.
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Putin wo n’t stop there if he conquers Ukraine. In a televised speech on December 6, Biden warned that if Putin invaded Ukraine, he might try to send troops into NATO nations.” He’s made that pretty obvious.
Republicans, but, argued that the bill lacked immigration changes and blocked the complete$ 106 billion request, which also included money for Israel, Taiwan, and to strengthen the southern U.S. border.
With spokesman Dmitry Peskov stating on December 7 that” It is to be hoped that there are enough people with sober minds among American congressmen” and 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 support 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.
Ukraine has been preparing for a minute protracted spring of war with Russia, which began its full-scale war in February 2022. This is taking place in the east, particularly in and around the business area of Avdiyivka in Donetsk.
For some days, Russian forces have been attempting to surround the city, which has recently emerged as the most recent example of Ukrainian resistance.
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.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s military stated in its day conclusion that 34 Russian episodes in the Avdiyivka place were repulsed by Russian forces, making up more than one-third of the 91 assaults that Kyivos forces fought off on the whole front line over the previous 24 hours.
Independent confirmation of the field 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 of the UN Security Council, Russia’s attacks on crucial Ukrainian civilian infrastructure had not only killed civilians but also made human life more difficult.
He commanded that all assaults on citizens and civil facilities be stopped right away. They are just unacceptable 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.
According to the Energy Ministry, there is a momentary lack of light because the two units have been shut down and there has been an increase in need. By using energy “wisely and financially, especially during peak hours,” the government urged consumers to support power workers.
Russian attacks that have repeatedly resulted in significant damage have put pressure on Ukraine’s energy grid.
Russia also keeps attacking important grain export equipment.
Oleh Kiper, the government of the Odesa area, stated in a text on his Telegram channel that it launched helicopter strikes on the Danube harbor of Izmayil on December 7 that resulted in the deaths of ten people and harm to port services.
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 defense claimed in a Telegram information that the assault with Shahed- 136/131 robots was launched from Cape Chauda, in the Crimean place under Moscow’s occupation.
” They especially attacked the system of the Danube interface.” Cars, trucks, and a rice airplane were all harmed. According to Kiper, the drivers of one of the cars was killed, and a fire broke out 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 section of Ukrainian grain shipments from dark sea ports.
Since then, Russia has used drone strikes to attack both Odesa, Ukraine’s primary Black Sea interface, and the two Danube ships, causing significant damage and interfering with Ukrainian grain exports. Romania, a NATO member, has also been hit by dirt from broken Russian drones.
