Security assistance. 9. 5 billion in economic help, in the form of forgivable loans that the us president is authorised to set the terms of and is given the power to cancel. And a much smaller measure includes about 481 million that will be used to help ukrainians resettle into new neighbourhoods and pay for emergency housing. Once the bill is finalised, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield. Congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. On friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a Maternity Hospital in the central Dnipro Petrovsk region. Local Officials Say at least seven people were killed, including an eight year old child. President Volodymyr Zelensky told nato members on friday that ukraine needs more air Defence Systems to counter russian strikes. Putin must be brought down to earth, and our skies must become safe again. And it is real. And it depends fully on your choice. Choice whether lif
9. 5 billion in economic help, in the form of Forgiveable Loans that the us president is authorized to set the terms of and given the power to cancel. And a much smaller measure includes 481 million that will be used to help ukrainians resettle into new neighbourhoods and pay for emergency housing. Once the bill is finalized, it would take less than a week for some of the weapons to reach the battlefield. Congress will be voting in the wake of more deadly attacks on ukrainian civilians. On friday, russian missiles struck a rail station and a Maternity Hospital in the central Dnipro Petrovsk region. Local Officials Say at least seven people were killed including an 8 year old child. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told nato members on friday that ukraine needs more air Defence Systems to counter russian strikes. Putin must be brought down to earth, and our sky must become safe again. And it is real. And it depends fully on your choice. Choice whether life is indeed equally valuable everyw
gaza. the us has worked with mediators to negotiate an end to the war in which 36,000 gazans have now been killed according to the hamas run health ministry. it began after an attack on israel by hamas and other armed groups on october the 7th which killed 1200 people. for more on the details, our middle east correspondent sent this for report. correspondent sent this for re ort. , . ., report. president biden called it a comprehensive report. president biden called it a comprehensive proposal l report. president biden called l it a comprehensive proposal put forward by israel and presented to hamas. the key points are familiar, because they were included in earlier efforts to reach a deal in gaza. it includes a first phase which would include a six week temporary ceasefire in gaza which would see the release of some of the hostages being held in gaza, in exchange for palestinians held in israeli jails. this would pave the way for a second phase, and this is the key point
the russians started attacking kharkiv in a concerted way a number of weeks ago. it s taken this long to allow the ukrainians to use short range us weapons to strike back inside russia, just in the short range, to prevent more attacks on kharkiv. but it is true that secretary blinken also said today that the us could reconsider and permit ukraine to strike deeper as time goes on. what effect might this have when it comes to the actual battlefield? well, there were 40 explosions tonight in a russian town over the border, so it may enable the ukrainians to stave off further russian attacks on kharkiv, which have been quite devastating and have already forced thousands of people to leave what is the second biggest city in ukraine. there is another tricky decision coming up as well, when it comes to these f 16 fighterjets that ukraine is expected to receive soon
and at his election interference trial. the date of that is not yet clear. nomia iqbal, bbc news, georgia. discussions are being held on the war in ukraine but china will not take part in a peace conference next month because kyiv is blocking russian attendance. kyiv is blocking russian attendance. , . ., , attendance. moscow says the conference attendance. moscow says the conference is attendance. moscow says the conference is pointless i attendance. moscow says the conference is pointless if i attendance. moscow says the conference is pointless if it i conference is pointless if it can t have a seat at the table. swiss officials are working on that. nato foreign ministers are meeting in prague where they are expected to agree on another aid package for ukraine, after the us announced on thursday that its allowing ukraine to use its weapons to strike targets inside russia along the front line near kharkiv. 0n along the front line near kharkiv. on friday germany said it would foll