– The American aid plan law promulgated by Joe Biden: “It has been a difficult journey. It should have been easier. This should have happened faster“, admitted Joe Biden on Wednesday. He had just promulgated a law, fiercely debated for months in the American Congress, which provides $61 billion in military and economic aid for kyiv.
“It will take time to emerge from the gap dug by the six months of waiting” in Congress, for his part confirmed the national security adviser at the White House, Jake Sullivan, during a press conference. He warned that he was ““It is possible that Russia will make additional tactical advances in the coming weeks.”while kyiv expects a new Russian offensive soon.
– An exchange of children between Russia and Ukraine announced by Moscow: The Russian Commissioner for Children, Maria Lvova-Belova, announced on Wednesday an agreement with kyiv, mediated by Qatar, to exchange around fifty children displaced by the war, information that the Ukrainian delegate did not confirm. . The official, wanted by the International Criminal Court, indicated to the press that an agreement had been obtained during “negotiations with the Ukrainian side“concerning 48 children.”As a result, 29 children will return to Ukraine and 19 to Russia“, she added. Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, was delighted with the return to Ukraine of 16 children.”forcibly transferred” in Russia.
– ATACMS long-range missiles received by kyiv: The United States sent long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine, even before the adoption of new aid to kyiv by the American Congress on Tuesday, the State Department informed Wednesday. This shipment has been made “at the direct request of the president“Joe Biden in February,” said Vedant Patel, a State Department spokesperson, adding that the missiles, which were part of the latest aid package to Ukraine sent on March 12, were “arrived in Ukraine this month“.
