Joe Biden asks Congress for $61.4 billion for Ukraine and $14.3 billion for Israel
The president, who will have difficulty finding political consensus with Republicans in the midst of a crisis, is demanding 61.4 billion dollars (half of which would be spent on weapons) for the Ukrainian war effort, 14.3 billion (including 10.6 in armament) to come to the aid of Israel. President Biden and European Union (EU) leaders, meeting at the White House, displayed a united front in support of Israel’s right to defend itself against Hamas and the Ukraine versus Russia.
The Kremlin judges “unacceptable” Joe Biden’s remarks calling Vladimir Putin a “tyrant”
“Such rhetoric is hardly suitable for heads of state and is unacceptable for us”declared the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov.
Vladimir Putin visited Rostov-on-Don, the military headquarters of the Russian military operation in Ukraine
The Russian president visited the headquarters of the Russian army for the operation in Ukraine on Thursday in Rostov-on-Don, in the southwest of the country, the Kremlin announced.
Russia says Ukrainian forces are trying to cross the Dnieper
Russia claims to have repelled Ukrainian assaults on the left bank of the Dnieper which it occupies and where, according to military bloggers, incursions are taking place, with kyiv trying to anchor its forces there.
Ukraine claims to have repelled a new attack by the Russian army on the town of Avdiivka
The Ukrainian army declared on Friday that it had repelled a new Russian assault on the town of Avdiïvka – an industrial city in the east of the country targeted in recent weeks by intense Russian attacks – while ensuring that it had inflicted “many losses” to the opponent.
Strike on Berdyansk: several Russian military helicopters “probably have” were destroyed by ATACMS missiles
“If these losses are confirmed, it is very likely that they will impact Russia’s ability to defend itself and carry out other offensive activities on this axis”estimates the British Ministry of Defense, in its daily report on the conflict.
Damaged gas pipeline: Finland investigates Chinese ship
Investigation into damage to gas pipeline and telecommunications cable in Baltic Sea now focuses on role of Newnew-Polar-Bear, a Chinese ship, the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) said.
Paris 2024: the IOC “firmly rejects” Vladimir Putin’s accusations of “ethnic discrimination” towards Russian athletes
Thursday, during a speech on sport in Perm, in the Urals, Vladimir Putin attacked the International Olympic Committee (IOC). “Thanks to some leaders of the current International Olympic Committee, we learned that (…) the Games themselves can be used as an instrument of political pressure against people who have nothing to do with politics and, de facto, [comme un instrument] gross racist, ethnic discrimination”he declared during a speech.
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