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
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