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Heavy Russian strikes across Ukraine as critical aid package stalls in US Senate
By Euronews with APPublished on 07/02/2024 - 11:39•Updated 13:48
Russia fired cruise and ballistic missiles and Shahed-type drones at targets across Ukraine on Wednesday morning, killing at least three civilians and injuring 10 others, including a pregnant woman.
According to Ukrainian authorities, the attacks targeted at least three major cities – including the capital Kyiv, where the European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, was discussing plans for military aid and financial support.
Ukraine’s Armed Forces said they intercepted 44 drones and missiles out of 64 that were launched in the morning attack.
Ukraine desperately needs Western help to counter Russia's offensive as it struggles with ammunition and personnel shortages, but as the war nears its two-year anniversary, some of long-term foreign funding that has kept the war effort going is in doubt.
Ukraine aid and border bill collapses in US senate
The Pentagon is urging Congress to pass a budget and supplemental for Ukraine despite the latest collapse of a deal that would have out in new security measures at the Mexican border and provided money to fund Ukraine's defence against Russia.This comes after Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says that a deal to pair border policy changes with €55.7 billion in aid for Ukraine is dead.
President Joe Biden blamed the situation on public lobbying from former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, and told Congress to “show some spine”.
The bill was facing almost certain defeat as Senate Republicans signalled their opposition, leaving Biden with no clear way to advance aid for Ukraine.
With no money allocated, the Pentagon is so far sending no more arms shipments to Kyiv as the war reaches a critical juncture.
Ukraine prepares special drone military unit
Meanwhile, Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has decreed the creation of a separate branch of Ukraine’s armed forces devoted to drones. He has pledged Ukraine will produce over a million in 2024.It comes as Ukrainian special forces claim to have blown up a drilling platform in the Black Sea that Russia was using to increase the range of its drones.
Russia's Ministry of Defence has released footage of its own drones launched in Donetsk region.
Both sides are relying heavily on unmanned weapons in cold winter weather and in the face of high troop attrition rates, particularly on the Russian side.
Heavy Russian airstrikes across Ukraine, US aid package stalls
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Flight of Ukrainian SCALP missiles over the S-300 air defense system, overview of the situation. Footage of the flight of two Ukrainian Storm Shadow or SCALP missiles of British-French production has been published. Above the Russian S-300 or S-400 air defense system in Crimea. The missiles were allegedly flying towards the Belbek airfield. Let's start with the fact that from the video it is not at all clear to what degree of readiness the air defense system was. Soldiers are visible walking, an operator looks out from one car, and from another, soldiers got out and are standing next to the car. The flight of two missiles in this situation is quite possible. The fact is that the S-300 or S-400 air defense system should be equipped with a 40V6MD mobile tower, with a 76N6 low-altitude detector designed to detect low-flying targets, but they are not in the video. Ideally, for better detection of low-flying targets, the S-400 air defense system should receive data from AWACS aircraft or balloons. Without these systems, the complex may simply not see low-flying targets in a timely manner. It is also worth noting that the S-400 air defense system should be covered by the Pantsir-S1 air defense system or the Tor-M2 air defense system, which are more effective against low-flying targets. According to the latest data from specialized resources, in the video of the S-400 air defense system, the complex did not include a 40V6MD mobile tower with a target illumination station, which is why it was not possible to hit the missiles in time.
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Rare footage of the Su-34 attack and the explosion in the air of the Russian FAB-500M62 aerial bomb has been published. The video shows an attack with four bombs on Ukrainian army hangars used for storing equipment. The video was filmed in Volchansk in the Kharkov region. Notice that the third bomb exploded in mid-air. The FAB-500M62 aircraft bomb contains 213 kilograms of explosive.
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