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 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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” If Putin seizes Ukraine, he wo n’t end there.” 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 commitment from Japan on December 7 that could bring the total aid package up to$ 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.
For some days, Russian forces have been attempting to surround the city, which has recently emerged as the most recent example of Ukrainian resistance.
Even after Russia took control of a sizable portion of the Donetsk region in 2014, including the city of Avdiyivka, which is only 10 km to the south, the region has remained under Russian control.
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 electricity 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 attacks on civilians and civilian 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.
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. Customers were urged by the ministry to support power employees by using energy “wisely and financially, especially during peak hours.”
The power grid in Ukraine has been under strain as a result of ongoing Russian hits that have seriously damaged it.
Russia is still attacking crucial grain export equipment.
Oleh Kiper, the government of the Odesa area, stated in a communication 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 slot.” 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 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 jacks, severely damaging them and interfering with their ability to export corn. Romania, a NATO member, has also been hit by debris from fallen Russian drones.
