running low on ammunition, and being forced to use some of the ammo that they weren t expecting to use. they continue to really just pound that area, but with little progress as far as any of the military installations, or infrastructure, for ukraine, holding very tight there. putin yesterday, in his main victory day, did not announce any sort of official escalation of the conflict, but we are seeing that russia is sending more troop, more ship, more equipment into ukraine particularly in the east, yet so far, still making very little progress. give us an update on where things stand there over there donbas. you said it perfectly, you re right, and more ships in the black sea gathering and preparing, you would think missile launchers and then almost the entirety of the tank brigade that the russians have right now, in the donbas region,
and also again suggested that there will be an accelerated timetable. for his part zelenskyy is giving no indication that his efforts to join the eu is slowing down and he expected to receive a positive response next month regarding his country s application. the southern port city of odesa in ukraine came under intense russian attack yesterday. a barrage of rockets hit a shopping mall and a warehouse. killing one person, and injuring five others. local officials say at least seven missiles were fired from the russian controlled crimea region. nbc news has so far not been able to independently verify that claim. the attack also forced the european council president who was visiting the city at the time to take shelter. this is the second deadly strike on the crucial port city in as many days. at least ten missiles hit odesa on sunday. destroying several residential buildings as well as an airport
but then the republicans wanted to force a vote on title 42. so that then became dead in the water. so now, the president is saying, ukraine aid is so urgent, i will be depleting these funds just in days, so you need to act quickly, and talk to talked wit legislators over at capitol hill. now, they are de-linking it, even though at first, they wanted to put these together. we should note, the president asked for some $33 billion. right now, what is being discussed on capitol hill in this draft legislation, we could also see a vote as soon as today, is under $40 billion. this is a massive amount of funding. they upped some of the military and humanitarian aid the u.s. is willing to send over to ukraine. setting aside the covid funds at a time when cases are rising. u.s. officials warn we could have 100 million new infections later this fall and winter. last one quickly. it seems nearly every day, new sanctions announced. the president announced a few days ago on russian media,
getting involved, france, told the eu, they are trying to shift. and what we should know, this is an incentive package for the eu, and we ve seen this before, the game of chicken, and at the very end, be able to come around. but potentially this, their a very worried about their economy going into recession, because they are so reliant on russian fossil fuels. we saw a pretty half-hearted victory day celebration for vladimir putin in moscow yesterday. certainly u.s. officials don t believe the war is ending any time soon. and president biden announced late yesterday that he s in favor of decoupling this massive ukraine aid package with the covid relief fund setting that aside for the time being. take us behind the scenes behind that situation. they just couldn t get it through. if you have the covid funds linked to the ukraine aid, it does seem like it is going to be very difficult to get something done, because they were on board to get covid funds through.