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
advisor at razom for ukraine, thank you very much for your time today. thank you very much for your time today- time today. thank you, measure to kenyu to break down the situation. i spoke to michael bociurkiw a senior fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia center. michael, you were recently in ukraine, where you were based in odesa. we have seen this wave of russian attacks, ukraine losing its positions on the front lines in terms of the battlefield what is the feeling right now on the ground in ukraine? good to be with you not very good at all. there is basically three frontlines happening right now, one is the physical one which stretches through a good part of ukraine and now all the way up to kharkiv because of the missiles, then we have the long range missiles and drones happening on a daily basis, and pretty much 24/7 in odesa and other key cities in ukraine, and then we have the hybrid or grey zone warfare russia is employing. just today was a pretty scary
let s get some of the other news today. the international monetary fund was that the global recovery from a global pandemic is faltering. it s as economic prospects have been dented by low vaccination rates and rising commodity prices. the body says it expects inflation to remain high for the foreseeable future. the somali government has urged kenyu to respect the international rule of law, coming as somalia was handed control of most of an area disputed in the indian ocean. can you says it is not prepared to sacrifice territorial waters. the mayor of mexico city confirms that a statue of an indigenous woman will replace the christopher columbus moment on one of the capital s main thoroughfares. the statue of the european navigator who paved the way for the colonisation and exploitation of the americas was removed last year. a petition had been signed by thousands of indigenous women.