Kyiv’s mayor said Ukraine's capital was hit by two missile strikes on Thursday, with footage released by Ukrainian Emergency Services showing firefighters rushing to extinguish the flames.
The House voted 417-10 approving a measure that will make it easier for the U.S. to send military aid and equipment to Ukraine.
This enhanced lend-lease authority would be specific to helping remove obstacles to lending arms to Ukraine. It would not create a new program but would streamline the president’s current authority to lend the defense articles necessary to defend civilian populations. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Ukraine's capital was hit by two missile strikes in the Shevchenkivsky district on Thursday.
Mykhailo Podolyak, adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, tweeted that the attack came right after Guterres visited Russia. Guterres said that during his visit to Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed"in principle" to the involvement of the U.N. and the International Committee of the Red Cross in the evacuation of civilians from the plant."As we speak, there are in intense discussions to move forward on this proposal to make it a reality," he said.
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