Three hundred million dollars in additional military aid to Ukraine. The Pentagon has arranged new support for Kyiv to bolster defenses during the Russian invasion. The support package includes, in particular, laserguided missiles, switchblade “kamikaze drones (with explosive warheads) and Pumatype light drones (reconnaissance). The Biden administration will also work with allies to hand over Sovietmade tanks to Ukrainians for use in the Donbass, writes the New York Times, citing an American official and stressing that this is the first time since the US Send tanks to Ukraine the beginning of the war. This is military aid needed in Kyiv to contain the new Russian offensive planned for the next few days. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is certain: “Russian forces are gathering in the Donbass towards Kharkiv and preparing for even more powerful attacks. Now they retreat slowly, but noticeably from the north of Ukraine region he has to be very careful. It is still impossible to return to normal life, we must wait until our country is retaken and until we are sure that there will be no new bombing raids. During the night air raid sirens sounded in all major Ukrainian cities, from Kyiv to Odessa. The latter city was hit by three ballistic missiles intercepted by antiaircraft aircraft on Friday night. Bombings also in the Poltava and Lugansk regions, where rockets hit infrastructure and residential areas. Rescue is on site, there is no news of casualties or injuries at the moment. The situation remains most difficult in Mariupol in the south of the country, which has been under siege by Russian forces for weeks. At least 5,000 people have been killed in the “martyr city,” according to Zelensky, and negotiations are ongoing to remove the bodies from the streets. It is estimated he added that “about 170,000 people are still there coping with the lack of food, water and electricity: The Red Cross said a team that went to the city for an evacuation had to turn back on Friday as conditions have made it impossible to continue, another attempt will be made on Saturday. Over 3,700 people “were ‘rescued’ from the siege of Mariupol,” said Zelenskyy: A convoy of 42 buses, escorted by the Red Cross, took civilians to the city of Zaporizhia.
