The United States decided last night to help moreUkraine in the war against Russia. This was confirmed by the Secretary of State Anton Blinken, who tweeted at least $100 million in aid to Kyiv. “I have, it is said, approved $100 million, following a presidential delegation, to address Ukraine’s urgent armored systems needs.”
As the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to fight valiantly against the renewed invasion of Russia, I have approved $100 million to address the urgent need for additional antitank systems for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Secretary Antony Blinken (@SecBlinken) April 6, 2022
Pentagon sources then specified that the United States will also launch Javelin antitank missiles, among other things. The delivery of other weapons is also planned. A measure decided in the past few hours, which represents Washington’s first reaction after condemning the facts of Bucha.
Bomb attacks also on Lviv
The bombings of the past few hours have also targeted western Ukraine. Just before midnight, violent explosions hit a town 70 km away Lviv. All this shortly after the activation of the airborne alarm sirens, even in the city center, just a few steps from the border with Poland.
Sirens echoing across the land again. Both late in the evening yesterday and the night just passed. From west to east through the capital area Kyiv to the regions of Lugansk and Dontesk. In other words, those where the Russian offensive is expected, aimed at capturing the entire Donbass.
Kharkiv is also being targeted again. Unlike in Kyiv, the Russians have not yet withdrawn and Moscow’s troops remain a few kilometers from the outskirts of Ukraine’s second largest city. Several rockets rained near the center and in the surrounding region. The air warning sirens also sounded for several hours in Kharkiv and provided the background for another difficult night of the war.
Mariupol under fire
Few pictures come from the city overlooking the Sea of Azov. But this is partly due to the fact that there is no electricity and the communication services have been skipped. At night it was military intelligence United Kingdom to try to give a picture of the situation in Mariupol. Heavy fighting and even airstrikes are currently underway, according to London. The report states that most of the remaining residents are without electricity, water and medicines.
The confrontation about the facts of Bucha
From a political point of view, the question of the bodies found in the cities that have returned to Ukrainian hands in recent days is obviously holding the table. Yesterday, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy was again very hard on Russia. “It is necessary he explained yesterday in a video conference speech to the United Nations Security Council a Nurembergstyle process. For its part, the Kiev prosecutor’s office has spoken in the last few hours of an investigation that could concern at least 5,000 cases of war crimes.
According to the Kyiv government, Russian violence would not have just happened Bucha, the city north of the capital where some mass graves have been found, but also in other places in the north of the country. From Borodyanka a sumithrough the regions around Chernihiv.
Russia has again denied the allegations. He did so before the UN when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeated the thesis of the Ukrainian staging. “The West he explained late yesterday wants to stop the negotiations with hysteria about Bucha’s events”. The novelty of the last few hours has been illustrated by China’s stance that “the images from Bucha are disturbing” while demanding that any allegation be “based on facts and avoid political exploitation”. News of India’s condemnation of the events in Bucha also arrived that night.
India condemns killings in Ukraine’s Bucha in apparent hardening of stance https://t.co/7n04Fy6IOt pic.twitter.com/m8xRRIJuS1
Reuters (@Reuters) April 5, 2022
However, talks between Russians and Ukrainians are ongoing. The two delegations are also scheduled to meet today via video conference for new rounds of negotiations. Both sides yesterday indicated their willingness to move forward despite the difficulties.