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
harinu , live loss in ukraine. melinda haring. i live loss in ukraine. melinda haring, i want live loss in ukraine. melinda haring, i want to live loss in ukraine. melinda haring, i want to come - live loss in ukraine. melinda haring, i want to come back| live loss in ukraine. melinda i haring, i want to come back to you in a little while. earlier, i spoke to igor novikov, a former advisor to president zelensky, based in kyiv, on what this crucial vote on saturday means for ukraine. we are expecting a vote in the house on a us aid bill for ukraine this weekend. from ukraine s perspective, what is at stake here? well the simple answer is everything. we are under attack from a country that is willing to take our land and kill us all pretty much. and we have seen proof of that in bucha and maria polk and elsewhere. we are fighting with our lives, fighting with our weapons, it is way more difficult and any
counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the house counteroffensive. the crucial vote in the house of- vote in the house of representatives expected on saturday, melinda haring, senior advisor at razom to ukraine, thank you very much for your time today. ukraine, thank you very much for your time today. for more on the situation in ukraine i spoke to michael bociurkiw, a senior fellow at the atlantic council s eurasia centre. you were recently in ukraine, where you are 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. feeling right now on the ground in ukraine- in ukraine. good to be with ou, in ukraine. good to be with you. not in ukraine. good to be with you. not very in ukraine. good to be with you, not very good - in ukraine. good to be with you, not very good at - in ukraine. good to be with yo
war. democratic congressman jim himes is the ranking member on the us house permanent select committee on intelligence. he has supported sending aid to ukraine since russia invaded in 2022, and told the bbc how quickly he thinks the aid will reach the frontlines. the senate passed their equivalent bill two months ago and the two month delay in the house as very literally been lethal for far too many ukrainians lethalforfar too many ukrainians and lethal for far too many ukrainians and has opened lethalforfar too many ukrainians and has opened up the ukrainians to attacks on our power plants, it has created immense misery in ukraine, for what? for two month politically partisan driven debate that we will hopefully result tomorrow. the good news is, and i have spent a fair amount good news is, and i have spent a fairamount of good news is, and i have spent a fair amount of time with our defence department and other agencies, i think once this bill passes and is signed by the president, g
defeat is now being discussed openly. let s look at the front line and how it s been evolving. the ukrainians withdrew from this eastern town of avdivka in february and since then, russia has been focusing attacks around the villages in the southern zaporizhzhia region where ukraine made gains in 2023. there is intense fighting around donetsk also a large concentration of russian troops across the borderfrom kharkiv, ukraine s second largest city, where russia has been using glide bombs for the first time. in fact the lack of anti aircraft missiles has exposed all ukrainian front line units to renewed russian attacks, they are now dropping thousands of bombs on defensive positions for the first time in this war. i want to bring back melinda haring, a senior advisor at razom for ukraine, a nonprofit human rights organisation supporting ukraine. we just saw the map of how the frontlines have been reshaped with russia advancing. what do you make of where this war stands now? so the war