the secretary is set to meet chinese women executives at a conference in shanghai before she wraps up a four day visit later on wednesday. we are receiving reports from russia to say that there is been a drone attack on the part of the north western city. the local governor said the military was repelling an attack. the uploaded video showing a large fire while an explosion could also be heard. an unconfirmed russian media report says for transport planes were damaged at the airport. it is more than 600 kilometres, 370 miles away from ukraine and it is close to the border with estonia. staying with the one you drink a us official claim there has been a dramatic rise in the number of ukrainian casualties. ukraine is not given an official number of those who died in battle but there are reports that as many as 70,000 are dead. earlier, president zelensky paid tribute to the fallen men and women who died
reports from russia that say there has been a drone attack on the airport of the north western city. the local governor said the military was repelling an attack. he uploaded a video showing a large fireball explosion could be heard. an unconfirmed russian media report says for transport planes were damaged at the airport. more than 600 kilometres or about 370 miles away from ukraine, close to the border with estonia. meanwhile, the us has announced a new package of military aid for ukraine on tuesday. valued at $250 million according to a state department press release, the aid package includes weapons and equipment such as air defence missiles and artillery ammunition as well as services, training and transportation among other battlefield capabilities. staying with the war in ukraine, us officials claim
six russian regions. and also russian occupied crimea. it s unclearjust how much damage those attacks have done. most of the drones have been shot down by russian air defence systems. the most significant attack seems to have been in pskov, where the airport was targeted. initially, russian officials said 4 transport planes, military transport planes. that was revised down to 2. attacks also in the region which borders ukraine. and reports this morning suggest that those attacks have been continuing this morning with an attempt on the local tv tower there. ukraine s summer counter offensive has met stiff russian resistance, resulting in minimal gains over the last few months. our correspondent quentin sommerville has been reporting from the front line and speaking to ukrainian soldiers and civilians, who are being bombarded by russian artillery in the fight for territory.