The essentials from April 22 at 10:30 p.m.
- Volodymyr Zelensky thanked Joe Biden on the phone for his “unwavering support” to Ukraine
Two days after the vote by the House of Representatives on an aid plan of 60.84 billion dollars (around 57 billion euros) for Ukraine, the Ukrainian president and his American counterpart called each other, Monday after -noon.
While Mr Zelensly thanked Mr Biden for the vote, the US president promised the Ukrainian leader to send him ” quickly “ military aid “important”, once Congress has definitively adopted American aid. Furthermore, Mr. Zelensky announced that Ukraine and the United States have “started working on a security agreement”.
- Russian strike hits TV tower in Kharkiv
In Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine, a Russian strike hit the city’s television tower, causing its top to collapse. “The employees were sheltered during the alarm. There are no human casualties”said in a message on Telegramthe head of the regional military administration, Oleh Synehoubov.
Volodymyr Zelensky denounced Monday evening “obvious intimidation so that the terror is visible throughout the city”.
- “We are facing difficult times”says Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, to the BBC
The situation on the Ukrainian front will worsen around mid-May and early June, the head of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kyrylo Budanov, warned on Monday in an interview with the service BBC Ukrainian. For its part, the Russian army claimed the conquest of Novomykhailivkaabout thirty kilometers from Donetsk (📍).
- NATO Secretary General Says Delay in U.S. Aid Had Consequences on Ukraine Battlefield
“For months, the Ukrainians have been overwhelmed in terms of firepower (…). The Russians received significantly more ammunition than the Ukrainians, who were forced to ration (…). But it’s not too late. Ukrainians have demonstrated immense know-how in the defense of their country”declared Mr. Stoltenberg on the MSNBC channel.
- EU promises not to rely on the United States to help Ukraine
Josep Borrell calls on member states to provide Patriot missiles to kyiv. The Europeans assured Monday that they would continue to help Ukraine after the United States granted aid of nearly $61 billion to kyiv. “We must move forward, this is a crucial moment”said the head of Latvian diplomacy, Baiba Braze, upon her arrival in Luxembourg for a meeting of European Union foreign and defense ministers.
- More than two hundred strikes in twenty-four hours on the Zaporizhia region
The Zaporizhia oblast in southern Ukraine suffered intense shelling on Sunday, the regional military administration said on Monday. on Telegram. Six localities were the target of “202” strikes, according to the same source: Robotyne, Mala Tokmatchka, Gulyaypole, Levadne, Novoandriïvka and Malynivka. The regional military administration reported residential buildings destroyed, specifying that“there were no civilian casualties”.
- Poland ready to welcome nuclear weapons as Russia deploys new weapons in Kaliningrad and Belarus
Poland is ready to welcome nuclear weapons on its territory if NATO, of which it is a member, decides to strengthen its eastern flank in the face of Russia’s deployment of new weapons in Kaliningrad and Belarus, explains the president, Andrzej Duda , popular daily Fact. Russia announces that it will guarantee its ” security “ if Warsaw hosts nuclear weapons, says Kremlin spokesperson.