A package of nearly $40 billion in additional aid for Ukraine was overwhelmingly approved by the House on Tuesday, as a top U.S. intelligence official warned of a “prolonged” and “potentially escalatory” conflict. Follow our live coverage.
A package of nearly $40 billion in additional aid for Ukraine wasby the House on Tuesday as the country battles Russia’s brutal invasion, now midway through its third month. The Senate is expected to follow suit this week, taking total U.S. military, economic and humanitarian support provided during the conflict to more than $50 billion.
A top U.S. intelligence official is warning of a “prolonged” and “potentially escalatory” conflict as Russian President Vladimir Putin readjusts his goals to go beyond capturing the Donbas region in eastern Ukraine and consolidate control of a land bridge between Russia, Donbas and Russian-held Crimea to the south. The next month or two will be significant, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines said during a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday.
On the ground in Ukraine, fighters holed up at a steel plant in the shattered port city of Mariupol made a plea Tuesday for help evacuating their wounded, as heavy Russian airstrikes and shelling continued, hitting a field hospital at the complex. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that his government had tried “all possible diplomatic tools” to rescue the soldiers but that Russia had not agreed to any plans.
in its latest assessment, and may be attempting to reopen steel plants to produce military equipment.A top U.S. intelligence official said that between eight and 10 Russian generals have been killed while fighting in Ukraine. The Finnish Parliament’s defense committee recommended NATO membership. The country’s official decision on whether to join the alliance could come as soon as this week.The Washington Post has lifted its paywall for readers in Russia and Ukraine. Telegram users can
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