Ukraine, Blinken-Kuleba meeting: “Urgent aid to Kiev”. Drone attack on 7 regions – SulPanaro

(Adnkronos) – “I met with Secretary of State Antony Blinken to thank the United States for standing with Ukraine. We examined in detail our joint global efforts to provide Ukraine with more air defense systems and missiles ‘Patriot’ as soon as possible. I appreciate Secretary of State Blinken’s efforts to facilitate the necessary decisions.” He writes it on the social network “We both underlined the urgency for the US Congress to pass the additional aid package for Ukraine. This will send a message of strength and confidence, allowing Ukraine to save lives and improve the situation on the battlefield” , Kuleba added. ”There are no divisions among the allies” regarding aid to Ukraine, ”there is full solidarity within the G7”. But we need to ”work on the timing to ensure that the aid arrives as soon as possible”, Kuleba then declared. ”The main purpose of my presence here is to make sure that help arrives as soon as possible. We can’t wait until the day after tomorrow, they have to arrive tomorrow”, said the head of Kiev’s diplomacy. Blinken, for his part, insisted on the “urgency” that the House of Representatives unblock aid to Kiev. “It is urgent at this time that all of Ukraine’s friends and supporters make every effort to continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to defend itself from Russian aggression,” Blinken told reporters on Capri shortly before the meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba. “For the United States, this means adopting the supplemental budget request,” Blinken added, stressing that this will help the US “defense industry” and job creation. Last night, after months of stalemate, the US House of Representatives announced that on Saturday it will vote on a package of 61 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, mainly military, which President Joe Biden said he was “very in favor of”. Two German-Russian citizens have been arrested in Germany on charges of planning sabotage attacks, including bombs, against US military facilities, designed to undermine military support for Ukraine. German prosecutors reported this, explaining that the homes and workplaces of the two suspects, accused of working for a foreign secret service, were searched. According to Spiegel magazine, among the facilities the two intended to hit was the Grafenwöhr military base in the southern state of Bavaria, where Ukrainian soldiers receive training to use American Abrams tanks. “The actions aimed in particular at undermining the military support provided by Germany to Ukraine against the Russian war of aggression,” reads the note from the German prosecutor’s office. The Ukrainian Defense Forces have announced that they have destroyed all 13 drones launched by Russia in the latest attack against seven Ukrainian regions. No damage was reported following the attack, of which German Economy Minister and Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, who was visiting the Ukrainian capital today, was also informed. During his stay in Kiev this morning the air alert sounded over the city. “We are extremely determined to support Ukraine. We will do our best to convince the US to release the aid that the Ukrainians are waiting for.” This was said by the President of the European Council Charles Michel, at the end of the first day of the summit in Brussels. For the delivery of the weapons requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, “it is not a question of months, but of days or weeks. It is important that we keep our commitments. All stakeholders will do everything possible” to speed up the deliveries of weapons to Kiev . “We also look at whether it is possible to use the available supplies more, especially with regard to air defense systems,” he concludes. —internazionale/[email protected] (Web Info)