The U.S. president Joe Biden announced a new $425 million security assistance to Ukraine during a telephone call with President Volodymyr Zelensky on October 16.
Biden and Zelensky talked on the phone after President Obama canceled his foreign trips in order to deal with the aftermath of the repeated hurricanes that hit the United States.
The White House released a statement saying that the new package would include “additional capabilities in air defense, air-to ground munitions, armored cars, and critical munitions for Ukraine’s urgent requirements.”
The White House announced that the U.S. would also provide Ukraine “a range of new capabilities, including hundreds and dozens of air defense interceptors and tactical air defense systems; additional artillery systems; significant quantities of ammunition; hundreds of armored personal carriers and infantry combat vehicles and thousands of additional armored vehicle,” in the coming months.
Zelensky, in a post to X on the subject, thanked the U.S. and added that the package also included “long-range weaponry.” He did not specify what kind of weapons were included, and he did not mention that the debate about allowing Western weapons for long-range attacks into Russia is still ongoing.
Biden and Zelensky discussed the victory plan as well, which had been presented to Biden and other leaders behind closed doors, in September, but made public on October 16.
According to unnamed sources cited by RBC-Ukraine, the individual in question is Oleh Hrybenko. He is reportedly responsible, according to the media outlet, for maintaining the security at critical infrastructure facilities.
The tanks will be part of a larger package worth 245 million Australian Dollars ($163 millions).
It wasn’t the first time that missiles and drone debris were found on Moldovan soil.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that he would “if asked” speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but that no decisions would take place without the input from Ukraine or other Western Allies.
The Defense Ministry stated that the drone is resistant to electronic warfare from Russia and can adjust artillery fire thanks to its “high-tech materials”.
In an interview published by Tengrinews.kz on October 16, a government spokeswoman said that Kazakhstan’s President has “carefully” considered proposals to join BRICS, but Astana won’t seek to join “in the near future”.
According to HUR’s report, Ukrainian soldiers captured an area of Russian battalion defence, destroyed three motorized-rifle battalions, Storm platoons, and a reconnaissance unit of Russia’s Seventh Separate Motorized Rifle Regiment.
Ukrenergo, Ukraine’s state-owned power company, said later in the day that repairs were underway. The outages had been caused by “technical” reasons that were not specified. The energy supply will resume “within a few hours.”
CNN reported on October 16 that U.S. president Joe Biden will meet with the leaders of Germany France and the U.K. later this week in Berlin after his earlier trip was postponed because of Hurricane Milton.
Sebastien Lecornu, French Defense Minister, said on October 16 that France has successfully tested its first kamikaze drones and will be delivering them to Ukraine in the “coming weeks”.
After a conversation with his counterpart in the U.K., Tony Radakin Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi stated that they discussed the possible of hitting Russian military objectives “in operational depth and strategic depth.”
In a media interview published Oct. 15, a Polish Minister said that Poland could condition Ukraine’s entry into the EU on the resolution of Volyn’s massacre. Joining the EU is not a question of survival for the country.
“Different capabilities; different wars; different regions.” Sabrina Singh, Pentagon spokesperson, said that the commitments to Israel and Ukraine were also different.
According to the statement, 60 drones “were lost” in electronic warfare across a number regions, and 20 drones flew over Ukraine as of the date of publication. Two more drones flew toward Russia.
“Such a step would also show a new level desperation on the part of Russia, as it continues to suffer significant losses in its brutal war with Ukraine,” White House National Council spokeswoman Sean Savett stated.
This includes 1,450 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
On October 15, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov declared that local authorities will conduct mandatory evacuations for residents of the city of Kupiansk and three adjacent communities due to the ongoing Russian advance in the region.
The Spanish police seized 13 tons of prohibited chemical substances, including “possibles” chemical weapons precursors, bound to Russia on October 15, according to the national police.
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