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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Democrat Chuck Schumer announced that a “consensus” was reached during a call between President Joe Biden and congressional leaders that Congress must act urgently to get support to Israel and Ukraine. Mr. Schumer emphasized during the press conference in New York that he hopes that both parties will reach support already this week.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has demanded greater Western efforts to implement sanctions against Russia to stop the increasingly intense Russian attacks.
“Unfortunately, aid to Ukraine is still limited and the Russian state still has access to critical components that are needed for the production of missiles and drones,” he said in his traditional video address on Sunday evening.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov called the situation on the eastern front tense. Russian units are trying to push into the territories west of Bakhmut, the minister wrote on Facebook, as quoted by Reuters.
Oleksandr Syrsky, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces, said on Saturday that “the situation on the eastern front has deteriorated significantly in recent days.”
O. Syrskis noted that the Russians also have superior weapons.
“With the help of armored assault groups, the enemy is actively attacking our positions in the Lyman and Bachmut sectors. In the Pokrovsk sector, they are trying to break through our defenses, using dozens of tanks and armored vehicles for this purpose,” asserted O. Syrskis.
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2024-04-17 18:29:33