Published March 29, 2024
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday pressed US House Speaker Mike Johnson to help deliver “vital” military aid to Kyiv after a recent escalation in Russian attacks.
A $60 billion support package has been stalled in the US Congress since last year, delaying the delivery of crucial weapons and ammunition to Ukrainian troops on the front lines.
“I briefed Speaker Johnson on the battlefield situation, specifically the dramatic increase in Russia’s air terror,” Zelensky said he told Johnson during a call on Thursday.
“In this situation, quick passage of US aid to Ukraine by Congress is vital,” he said in a readout of the call posted on Telegram.
Moscow launched last Friday its largest aerial attack on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure of the two-year war.
Zelensky said Russia fired 190 missiles, 140 drones, and 700 guided aerial bombs at Ukrainian territory in total last week.
The attacks saw power cut to more than a million homes and took the country’s largest hydroelectric power plant offline.
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SOURCE: www.thedefensepost.com
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Published March 28, 2024
Eastern Ukraine — Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met our CBS News team at an undisclosed, bombed-out building in the far east of his country. Bombed-out buildings aren’t hard to come by here.
With spring approaching, Zelenskyy said Ukraine‘s forces had managed to hold off Russian advances through the worst of the winter months.
“We have stabilized the situation. It is better than it used to be two or three months ago when we had a big deficit of artillery ammunition, different kinds of weapons,” he said, “We totally didn’t see the big, huge counteroffensive from Russia… They didn’t have success.”
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But Zelenskyy acknowledged that the invading Russian troops and their seemingly endless supply of missiles and shells had destroyed “some villages.”
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SOURCE: www.cbsnews.com
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Published March 26, 2024
He stated this in a video address to Ukrainians, Ukrinform reports, citing the website of the head of state.
Below is the full text of the president’s address:
I wish you health, fellow Ukrainians!
I started the day with gratitude to the National Guard of Ukraine – today is the tenth anniversary of its establishment. I personally congratulated the national guardsmen and presented awards to the warriors. Our entire country should appreciate that the National Guard of Ukraine is a truly indispensable element of our country’s Defense and Security Forces and in many ways sets the standards for all our defenders.
I would also like to mention specific units and specific warriors who deserve special, personal gratitude for their effective actions at the front during this time. The 1st Presidential Operational Brigade – Soldier Ruslan Turanov and Lieutenant Dmytro Kalin. The 3rd Operational Brigade of the National Guard – Soldier Vladyslav Romanchuk, Senior Soldier Yehor Holubin, Sergeant Serhiy Maryshev. The 4th Operational Brigade – Soldier Artur Mizin and Junior Lieutenant Ruslan Minchenko. The 5th Separate Slobozhanska Brigade – Senior Soldier Oleh Shumov, Sergeant Bohdan Keichyn and Chief Sergeant Oleh Miroshnychenko. The 12th Special Forces Brigade of the National Guard – Senior Soldier Leonid Kubyshkovskyi and Junior Sergeants Mykola Halinskyi and Bohdan Petryniak. As well as the 18th Slovyansk Brigade – Sergeant Ruslan Khaimenov, Senior Sergeant Vladyslav Soroka and Junior Lieutenant Artem Holubenko. I thank all of you guys!
