Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed US Home Speaker Mike Johnson to assist ship “important” army help to Kyiv after a current escalation in Russian assaults.
A US$60 billion assist package deal has been stalled within the US Congress since final yr, delaying the supply of essential weapons and ammunition to Ukrainian troops on the entrance traces.
“I briefed Speaker Johnson on the battlefield scenario, particularly the dramatic improve in Russia’s air terror,” Zelensky stated he advised Johnson throughout a cellphone name on Thursday.
“On this scenario, fast passage of US help to Ukraine by Congress is important,” he stated in a readout of the decision posted on Telegram.
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Moscow launched final Friday its largest aerial assault on Ukraine’s power infrastructure of the two-year battle.
Zelensky stated Russia fired 190 missiles, 140 drones and 700 guided aerial bombs at Ukrainian territory in complete final week.
The assaults noticed energy minimize to greater than one million houses and took the nation’s largest hydroelectric energy plant offline.
Zelensky has repeatedly stated delays to help price Ukrainian lives and territory on the battlefield.
Ukrainian troopers have been pressured to ration ammunition amid uncertainty over when the essential subsequent deliveries will arrive.
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In the meantime, Moscow has regained the initiative on the battlefield. Final month its forces made their first vital territorial acquire in 9 months with the seize of Avdiivka, a frontline city near the Russian-held stronghold of Donetsk.
Johnson, who as Speaker controls which payments get dropped at a vote within the Home of Representatives, stated final week he was taking a look at a “variety of avenues” relating to help to Ukraine.
The US$60 billion package deal has already been accredited by the Senate.
