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'We volition bushed Russia,' says Zelensky
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Russia has warned much US weapons aiding the warfare successful Ukraine volition worsen the siege, issuing a nonstop menace to the war-hit state connected the sidelines of Volodymyr Zelensky’s sojourn to Washington yesterday.
The travel of occidental limb supplies to Ukraine has triggered “an aggravation of the struggle and, successful fact, does not bode good for Ukraine,” warned the Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov yesterday, adding that present Russia saw nary accidental of bid talks with Kyiv.
His remarks came conscionable hours earlier Mr Zelensky addressed the US Congress amid a rousing cheer and enactment for the federation nether Russian invasion. The Ukrainian president was besides seen holding backmost tears arsenic each members of the US location gave him a lasting ovation.
The high-level diplomatic sojourn betwixt Mr Zelensky and Joe Biden has not gone down good with Russia which has warned that this volition backfire.
And Mr Putin is present eyeing a caller Sarmat intercontinental ballistic rocket successful the Russian subject to regenerate the ageing Soviet-era missile.
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Josh Marcus22 December 2022 04:00
More US weapons to Ukraine volition inflame war, says Kremlin
Inflow of much US arms successful the Ukraine warfare volition stoke the struggle further, the Kremlin said yesterday.
The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the enlargement of occidental limb supplies to Ukraine has led to “an aggravation of the struggle and, successful fact, does not bode good for Ukraine.”
This comes arsenic Vladimir Putin said that Moscow volition usage lessons learned successful the warfare to "develop our equipped forces and fortify the capableness of our troops."
The Russian president added that a peculiar accent would spell to processing atomic forces, which helium described arsenic "the main warrant of Russia’s sovereignty”, successful a gathering with his apical subject brass.
Arpan Rai22 December 2022 03:46
Zelensky acknowledgment talker Pelosi for helping Ukraine ‘in each imaginable ways'
Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked location talker Nancy Pelosi aft addressing the Congress.
“Met with talker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi @SpeakerPelosi. Thank you for your enactment successful providing enactment to #Ukraine & the #Ukrainian radical successful each imaginable ways. It is simply a large grant to beryllium present to code the Congress and each Americans,” helium said successful a tweet shared by the Ukrainian ministry of overseas affairs.
Arpan Rai22 December 2022 03:29
What volition Zelensky visiting Washington and Putin going to Minsk mean for the warfare successful Ukraine?
Two planetary visits this week are beardown indicators that the Ukraine warfare is improbable to extremity anytime soon, and different circular of prolonged and bloody warring is expected to unfold successful the adjacent future.
At the aforesaid time, Vladimir Putin has met with Alexander Lukashenko successful Minsk arsenic reports persist that the Kremlin whitethorn effort to usage Belarus again arsenic a launchpad for its adjacent offensive, with yet different effort to seizure Kyiv and enforce authorities change.
The projected US assistance bundle is much than the $37bn requested by President Joe Biden, and shows continuing committedness to Ukraine successful the war, thing which whitethorn person been diluted if the Republicans had made much gains successful past month’s midterm elections and determination had been an infusion of Donald Trump-backed candidates.
Kim Sengupta unpacks what comes next.
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 03:00
Schumer urges amusement of enactment for Ukraine with spending bill
The Senate inched person to passing a $1.7 trillion authorities backing measure Wednesday with supporters pointing to a sojourn by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy successful the evening arsenic different crushed to beforehand the measurement successful a amusement of enactment for the beleaguered nation.
The measurement includes $44.9 cardinal successful exigency assistance to Ukraine and NATO allies, supra adjacent President Joe Biden’s exigency request, and ensures that backing flows to the warfare effort for months to come. The measurement would besides boost U.S. defence spending by astir 10% to $858 billion, addressing concerns from immoderate lawmakers that much concern successful the nation’s subject is needed to guarantee America’s security.
The Senate could o.k. the measure arsenic soon arsenic Wednesday. The House volition past person to instrumentality it up and walk the measurement earlier midnight Friday to debar a partial-government shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Republican person Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., took to the level Wednesday urging colleagues to ballot for the measure, though they emphasized antithetic priorities.
Kevin Freking has the details.
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 02:00
Zelensky invokes US warring successful Battle of the Bulge arsenic helium insists Ukraine is ‘alive and kicking’ successful code to Congress
Ukraine’s president delivered a stirring code conveying gratitude to Americans and asking for their enactment up of what helium depicted arsenic an particularly brutal wintertime during his code to Congress Wednesay evening.
Volodymyr Zelensky spoke for astir a fractional hour, with his remarks punctuated by respective breaks for lasting ovations and supportive interjections from the lawmakers assembled for his remarks.
At 1 peculiarly moving constituent of his address, the Ukrainian president likened the conflict of his countrymen to the vicious warring that American troops experienced successful occidental Europe adjacent the extremity of the 2nd World War, arsenic German forces mounted a last-ditch violative that came to beryllium known arsenic the Battle of the Bulge.
“They pain down and destruct everything they see,” helium said of advancing Russian forces. “They threw everything against us, akin to the different tyranny which is successful the Battle of the Bulge.”
John Bowden has the details from Washington.
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 01:45
Ukrainian delegation shouts ‘God bless America!’ during Zelensky speech
American lawmakers weren’t the lone ones moved by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s code to Congress.
During the leader’s remarks this evening, the Ukrainian delegation who traveled with him could been seen shouting, “God bless America!”
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 01:17
Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert stroke done Capitol information and garbage screenings earlier Zelensky speech
Matt Gaetz and Lauren Boebert were seen connected the archetypal level of the Capitol gathering walking down a hallway extracurricular of the House level erstwhile they veered close towards the chamber. Before they were capable to scope the door, 2 US Capitol Police officers successful suits stopped the pair, addressing Mr Gaetz by name, and informed them that they needed to spell done a information screening earlier entering, gesturing to a adjacent metallic detector.
The Florida congressman was heard concisely questioning the officer’s direction, earlier turning away.
“Mr Gaetz? Mr Gaetz?!” the serviceman said arsenic the brace breezed past them and entered the enclosure without further incident.
John Bowden has the afloat story.
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 01:15
Zelensky invokes US Revolutionary War and WWII past successful Congress speech
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is invoking immoderate of America’s crowning moments connected the battlefield arsenic helium tries to unafraid continued legislature enactment for his state successful its ain warfare against Russia, mentioning WWII’s Battle of the Bulge arsenic good arsenic the US Revolutionary War against Great Britain.
“We Ukrainians volition besides spell done our warfare of independency with dignity and success,” Mr Zelensky said. “We’ll observe Christmas adjacent if determination is nary electricity. Our delight successful our faith, successful ourselves, volition not beryllium enactment out. If Russian missiles onslaught us, we’ll bash our champion to support ourselves.”
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 01:01
Zelensky describes ‘just peace’ with Russia arsenic a refusal to compromise astatine White House presser
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was asked by a reported from his ain state astir what a “just peace” with Russia would look like, and offered a philosophical answer.
Speaking alongside President Joe Biden successful his archetypal quality with a satellite person extracurricular of Ukraine since Russia’s penetration began, Mr Zelensky pontificated connected what that operation meant and whether reaching specified a peaceful extremity to the warfare was adjacent imaginable successful its existent state.
He firstly described his ain explanation of specified a resolution: “[N]o compromise arsenic to the sovereignty, state and territorial integrity of my country”, arsenic good arsenic reparations for the damages inflicted by Russian forces during their invasion. Presumably, this would mean the extremity of Russian concern successful breakaway regions annexed by Moscow aft the struggle began successful 2014.
But Mr Zelensky went connected to accidental that for galore parents of those killed by Russian forces successful the brutal war, a “just peace” would mean seeking vengeance for the deaths of their loved ones.
John Bowden has the afloat communicative from Washington.
Josh Marcus22 December 2022 01:00
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