Russia-Ukraine War Latest News: US House Passes $13bn Ukrainian Aid Bill; Outrage At Bombing Of Mariupol Hospital

**Aid bill includes $6.5bn to send troops and weapons to eastern Europe, and $6.8bn to care for refugees and provide economic aid to allies.

The Lithuanian capital Vilnius has given the Russian embassy a new address on "Ukrainian Heroes’ Street" to protest Moscow’s invasion of its pro-western neighbour.

“From today, the business card of every employee of the Russian embassy will be decorated with a note honouring Ukraine’s fighting, and everyone will have to think about the atrocities of the Russian regime against the peaceful Ukrainian nation when writing this street name,” Vilnius mayor Remigijus Simasius claimed in a statement.

Until now, the Russian embassy has taken its address from nearby Latvian Street, whose name remains unchanged.

But a hitherto nameless smaller road leading straight to the embassy acquired the Ukrainian moniker.

More than two million refugees have so far fled Ukraine, according to estimates from the UN refugee agency UNHCR.

On Wednesday alone, at least 35,000 civilians were evacuated from besieged Ukrainian cities, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Three humanitarian corridors allowed residents to leave the cities of Sumy, Enerhodar and areas around Kyiv.

It is hoped evacuations will continue on Thursday with three more routes set to open out of the cities of Mariupol, Volnovakha in the southeast and Izium in eastern Ukraine.

US House approves $13.6bn worth of aid for Ukraine
In case you missed the announcement earlier, the US House of Representatives approved $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine and its European allies on Wednesday night.

After approval in the House, Senate approval is expected by week’s end or perhaps slightly longer.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters: “We’ve got a war going on in Ukraine. We have important work that we’re doing here.”

She said with her party in the 50-50 Senate needing at least 10 GOP votes to pass legislation, Democrats “are going to have to know there has to be compromise.”

The House approved the overall bill in two separate votes. The measure’s security programs were overwhelmingly approved by 361-69, the rest by 260-171, with most Republicans opposed.

The Ukraine aid included $6.5 billion for the US costs of sending troops and weapons to eastern Europe and equipping allied forces there in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion and repeated, bellicose threats.

There was another $6.8 billion to care for refugees and provide economic aid to allies, and more to help federal agencies enforce economic sanctions against Russia and protect against cyber threats at home. Biden had requested $10 billion for the package.

Pelosi said she talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for 45 minutes Wednesday. She said they discussed the weapons and other assistance his country needs and “the crimes against humanity that Putin is committing,” including a Russian airstrike that destroyed a maternity hospital. “This is the beast that Putin is,” Pelosi said.

SUMMARY
Russia’s war on Ukraine has entered its third week. Hundreds have been reported to be dead or wounded while more than two million Ukrainian refugees have so far fled their homeland, according to UN estimates.

>>It is 6.50am in Ukraine and here is where the crisis currently stands:
¶ A children’s hospital and maternity ward in Mariupol was destroyed by a Russian airstrike on Wednesday afternoon, Ukrainian officials said.

¶ Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy called the attack “the ultimate evidence of genocide” adding that children are buried under rubble while the regional governor said 17 people have been wounded. “A children’s hospital, a maternity ward. How did they threaten the Russian Federation?” Zelenskiy added. The Guardian was unable to fully verify Ukrainian officials’ accounts, but video published by the Associated Press showed multiple injured people at the site of the hospital attack.

¶ Western officials warned of their “serious concern” that Vladimir Putin could use chemical weapons on Kyiv. In an assessment, they said an “utterly horrific” attack on the Ukrainian capital could be unleashed as Russian forces attempt to overcome the logistical issues that have apparently plagued troops headed towards Kyiv.

¶ The US House of Representatives approved $13.6 billion in US aid to Ukraine and its European allies.
Britain is planning to supply Starstreak anti-aircraft weapons and “a small consignment” of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine as Russian forces close in on Kyiv, the British defence secretary said.

¶ Canada will also provide Ukraine with an additional $50m in lethal and non-lethal military aid.

¶ The United States has seen indications that Russia is dropping “dumb bombs” – unguided munitions with no precise target – on Ukraine, a senior US defence official said.

¶ Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has landed in Turkey for the face-to-face talks on Thursday with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba, the highest-level meeting between the two countries since Russia invaded. Kuleba warned in a Facebook video his expectations were “limited”.

¶ Ukraine has accused Russian forces of “holding 400,000 people hostage” in Mariupol. The Ukrainian foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said the city, where conditions are described as “apocalyptic”, was still being shelled by Russian troops despite an agreement to establish a safe evacuation corridor for civilians.

¶ Overnight strikes in the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka, Sumy region, reportedly killed a 13-year-old boy and two women, according to regional officials.

¶ Ukrainian authorities have said the power supply has been cut to the defunct Chernobyl power plant. The UN’s atomic watchdog said the spent nuclear fuel stored there had cooled down sufficiently for it not to be an imminent concern. Still, the news is raising concerns that a lack of external power to the site could compromise nuclear safety.

¶ More than 40,000 civilians were evacuated from across Ukraine on Wednesday but authorities struggled to get people away from conflict zones around the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Mariupol, a Ukrainian negotiator said.
Ukrainian authorities said earlier that the corridors should allow residents of the heavily bombarded cities of Mariupol, Enerhodar, Sumy, Izyum and Volnovakha, as well as towns around Kyiv including Bucha, Irpin and Hostomel, to leave, calling on Russian forces to respect an “official public commitment” to cease fire.

¶ The International Monetary Fund has approved $1.4 billion in emergency financing for Ukraine to help meet urgent spending needs and mitigate the economic impact of Russia’s military invasion.

¶ Mining giant Rio Tinto has become the latest corporation to cut ties with Moscow saying it was ending all commercial relations with Russian businesses.

The Guardian UK

Let's take a minute to appreciate this great deed from USA, firstly Putin broke international law by invading Ukraine, secondly he committed a war crime by hitting civilians especially children to the extent of bombing an hospital.
Is this an act of frustration or what,no one deserves this.
My heart goes to the children and innocent civilians that were struck.

I don't think Russia will survive all this

Take it or leave it. USA is a good country.

For those supporting Russia. That's how they would have supported Hitler if ww2 happened today

jazon:
So e it or leave it. USA is a good country.

For those supporting Russia. That's how they would have supported Hitler if ww2 happened today

You can say that again and again and again

jazon:
Take it or leave it. USA is a good country.

For those supporting Russia. That's how they would have supported Hitler if ww2 happened today

Exactly, why will Putin be this brutal?
And he has kids and wife hiding in a safe place while he is bombing people's children.

The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

Kastonkastroll:
The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

ARE U PART OF THE LEADERS OF TOMORROW WITH THIS REASONING ? NIGERIA DIED ON ARRIVAL

Kastonkastroll:
The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

It's called defending yourself,were you expecting them to beg Russia or surrender?

The way Ukraine will be rebuilt after this war just to spite Russia will shock Putin

They have money for war but can’t feed the poor.

Zelenskyy was banking on NATO. If he knew what he knows now maybe he would rather have been a Russian ally than try to join NATO. And I bet Putin would have perhaps been a better friend to him after all than all these fair weather friends he made.

Kastonkastroll:
The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

So they shouldn't defend themselves while being mercilessly bombed?

The way you haters of Western countries think sef.

Just so you know I ain't no fan of sleepy Joe but make we dey use our brain biko.

Na your type dey open gate for robbers and also THANK THEM for coming.

Putin gave Mariupol Civilians 3 day corridor to leave so wetin come be Children hospital again ...

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Nonsense blood money from terrorist country.thses are the sign of early mental problem. You blame putin for invading Ukraine and you don't have any problem with USA and her terrorist allies invading other sovereign countries tagging them terrorist you are mad.
,if you praise trump for approving assassination of a sovereign country General for being a threat to them and her allies but you are criticising putin for trying to put terrorist Ukraine and zelenzy in thier place for being threat to her nations security you have gone beyond redemption.what Russia is doing is bad but HYPROCRITE America and terrorist NATO have done worse than that,so you America ass lickers and NATO lack moral rights to conderm president putin.

Zelensky should be happy with this news, it seems like his cries have eventually been heard. Now he can start rebuilding the ruins and Ukrainians can come back home to continue with their lives and businesses. 1 million dollars should be sent to each Ukrainian household as a means of finding their feet back. Also with that huge amount of money Ukraine can build their own nuclear heads and bomb Moscow out of oblivion in retaliation and then the much touted WW3 can start. I have dug out my own bunker incase any missile mistakenly flies over Nigeria.

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Misplaced priorities

This aid bill is huge but no country thrives on aid. What USA should do is focus on diplomatic solution to stop the war. That's the only way any aid bill can make meaning. Don't forget half of this money is even to get the rest of Europe ready for war.

See as Global economy just dey do anyhow since the war started.

LOL, country that is owing trillions of dollars

Kastonkastroll:
The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

Sincerely advice you go to the hospital to check your brain

A time will come there will be nobody to use the aid in Ukraine

Malory:
I don't think Russia will survive all this

US does not buy crude oil from Russia, they only buy petroleum products. And the ban is only on crude oil. Make it make sense

This reminds me of 2014 when israel was bombing hospitals, schools in Gaza and no body condemned them(Israel) or atleast sympathise with Gaza.
American hypocrisy knows no limit. They are shameless.
B*mb the motherf*vkers Putin until they yield, denazify Ukraine and if any country dare to help them militarily show them shege.
We got ya back.

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Kastonkastroll:
The same USA giving the Ukrainians this aids are still the same hypocrites giving them weapons to stop the war from ending.

Una no just well.

Coward USA, can't even challenge Russia. Mtchew

Viraltrends123:
LOL, country that is owing trillions of dollars

80 per cent is money owed to the govt itself. So long as dollar remain the global currency, America can owe as much as they like, the rest of the world will deal with the inflation.

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