President Joe Biden is announcing additional military aid to help Ukraine to fight against Russia.
Biden will deliver a Thursday morning address at the White House detailing his plans to build on the roughly $2.6 billion in military assistance the administration has already approved for Ukraine.
The new package is expected to be similar in size to the $800 million package Biden announced last week.
Ukraine has recaptured 934 settlements from the Russian army so far, and life in these areas is gradually returning to normal, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
In a video address to nation, Zelenskyy said that “934 settlements have already been liberated. Police resumed work in 435 settlements. Local self-government started working in 431 communities, TRT World reported today.
The work of humanitarian headquarters was launched in 361 settlements.” The Ukrainian government is gradually restoring people’s access to medical and educational services and social protection bodies, he added.
ICRC denies Kiev’s accusation
A senior Kiev official has accused the International Committee of the Red Cross of working “in concert” with Russia in Ukraine, a charge the organisation denied.
Ombudswoman Lyudmyla Denisova decried ICRC’s announcement last month that it was planning to open a branch in Russia’s southern Rostov region to help Ukrainian refugees, who, Kiev says, have been forcibly deported to Russia.
“The ICRC does not ever help organise or carry out forced evacuations. We would not support any operation that would go against people’s will and international law,” the organisation said in a statement.
