Kyiv, May 11: The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted to pass a roughly $40 billion bill to deliver aid to Ukraine on Tuesday evening.
The measure will next need to be passed by the Senate before it can go to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
Russia-Ukraine War here are the latest updates
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12:39 PM, 11 May
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12:14 PM, 11 May
With the war now in its 11th week and Kyiv bogging down Russian forces and even staging a counteroffensive, Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba seemed to indicate that the country could go beyond merely pushing Russia back to areas it or its allies held on the day of the February 24 invasion.
10:27 AM, 11 May
Russia pummeled the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said on Tuesday, in an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and Western weapons shipments as Ukraine's foreign minister appeared to suggest the country could expand its war aims.
7:47 AM, 11 May
The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted to pass a roughly billion bill to deliver aid to Ukraine on Tuesday evening.
7:37 AM, 11 May
Top U.S. intelligence officials were questioned Tuesday about why they misjudged the durability of governments in both Afghanistan and Ukraine, and whether they need to reform how intelligence agencies assess a foreign military's will to fight. U.S. intelligence believed the U.S.-backed Kabul government would hold out for months against the Taliban and thought Russian forces would overrun Ukraine in a few weeks.
7:35 AM, 11 May
US House nears passage of fresh billion Ukraine aid package
7:34 AM, 11 May
Ukraine says Russians being pushed back near Kharkiv.
11:53 PM, 10 May
Rescuers on Tuesday found the bodies of 44 civilians under the rubble of a destroyed building in the eastern Ukrainian town of Izyum, now under Russian control, the regional governor said.
10:23 PM, 10 May
Kyiv hails Berlin's 'change of position' on oil embargo, arms to Ukraine
8:34 PM, 10 May
When any problem arises in the world, the world looks at India with hopes & expectations, as India has had a history to stand with humanity in every world's problems. Even with the Russia Ukraine War, the world looks at PM Modi's peace talks: UP CM Yogi Adityanath, in Meerut
8:17 PM, 10 May
US Director of national intelligence Haines says Russian victory in Ukraine's Donbas might not end war
7:41 PM, 10 May
Putin 'likely' to impose martial law in Russia to support war effort: US intelligence chief
5:21 PM, 10 May
Germany may deliver first batch of 100 Marder infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine in 3 weeks, the Kyiv Independent tweets.
5:20 PM, 10 May
Opening a donor event in Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said that 60% of Syria's population “suffer food insecurity, and barely know where the next meal is going to come from.” “The Russian war will increase food and energy prices and the situation in Syria will become worse,” he said.
5:19 PM, 10 May
The European Union's top diplomat warned Tuesday that Russia's invasion of Ukraine is making the plight of poverty-stricken Syrians far worse and urged donors to dig deep to help the Middle East country wracked by more than a decade of civil war.
4:59 PM, 10 May
Russian forces pounded away at the vital port of Odesa, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday, as part of an apparent effort to disrupt supply lines and weapons shipments. On the other end of the southern coast, they hammered a steel plant where Ukrainian fighters are denying Moscow full control of another critical port.
3:39 PM, 10 May
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of May 10, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/rEP45AYABC
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) May 10, 2022
These are the indicative estimates of Russia’s combat losses as of May 10, according to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
12:23 PM, 10 May
“While President (Vladimir) Putin and the Russian people celebrated Victory Day today, we are seeing Russian forces commit war crimes and atrocities in Ukraine as they engage in a brutal war that is causing so much suffering and needless destruction,” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said.
11:38 AM, 10 May
The Ukrainian military is warning that Russia could target the country's chemical industries. The claim by Ukraine's general staff wasn't immediately explained in a report Tuesday. However, it comes after oil depots and other industrial sites have been targeted by Russian shelling in the war.
10:25 AM, 10 May
The new legislation is largely symbolic, but comes as Congress is poised to unleash more resources of billion or more to fight the war. It all serves as a rejoinder to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has seized on V-E day, the anniversary of Germany's unconditional surrender and Russia's biggest patriotic holiday, to rally his people behind the invasion.
10:24 AM, 10 May
Washington sought to portray a united front against Russia's invasion of Ukraine Monday as President Joe Biden signed a bipartisan measure to reboot the World War II-era “lend-lease” programme that helped defeat Nazi Germany to bolster Kyiv and Eastern European allies.
9:08 AM, 10 May
Lithuania's top diplomat said Monday that removing Russian President Vladimir Putin from power is the only way to protect the West and its allies from future threats from Moscow, urging an even tougher stance than the U.S. and many NATO allies have been willing to pursue since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
12:10 AM, 10 May
Yevheniia Filipenko, Ukraine's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, said the move would send a signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin, as he insisted Russia's war in Ukraine was necessary to defend the "Motherland".
12:10 AM, 10 May
More than 50 countries on Monday backed Kyiv's request for an extraordinary meeting of the UN's top rights body to examine "the deteriorating human rights situation in Ukraine stemming from the Russian aggression".
12:09 AM, 10 May
The UN Human Rights Council announced it will convene a special session on Thursday to address alleged worsening Russian violations in its war in Ukraine.
9:16 PM, 9 May
Russia's ambassador to Poland was splattered with red paint thrown at him by protesters opposed to the war in Ukraine, preventing him from paying respects on Monday at a Warsaw cemetery to Red Army soldiers who died during World War II.
7:38 PM, 9 May
The UK government on Monday accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of mirroring the fascism and tyranny associated with the Second World War and totalitarian regimes like Nazi Germany.
7:10 PM, 9 May
Followed up on yesterday’s G7 discussion with @ZelenskyyUa
On #EuropeDay, we discussed EU support and Ukraine’s European pathway.
Looking forward to receiving the answers to the EU membership questionnaire.
European Commission to provide a response to Ukraine's application for EU membership in June.
5:20 PM, 9 May
Jill Biden made an unannounced visit to western Ukraine, holding a surprise Mother's Day meeting with first lady Olena Zelenska to show US support for the embattled nation as Russia presses its punishing war in the eastern regions.
5:18 PM, 9 May
“We will never forget what our ancestors did in World War II. Where more than 8 million Ukrainians died. And every fifth Ukrainian didn't return home. In total, the war claimed at least 50 million lives,” Zelenskyy said.
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9:43 AM, 24 Feb
I have made the decision of military operation he said and vowed retaliation against anyone who interfered, Putin said. He also called on the Ukraine military to lay down its arms.
9:44 AM, 24 Feb
Explosions have been heard at Marupol, Eastern Ukraine as well as the capital Kyiv.
9:44 AM, 24 Feb
"President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,”US President Joe Biden
9:47 AM, 24 Feb
"Russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring, and the United States and its Allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. The world will hold Russia accountable,” Biden said.
9:47 AM, 24 Feb
"Written requests have come through for Russian President Vladimir Putin from Leonid Pasechnik, the head of the Lugansk People's Republic, and Denis Pushilin, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic," Dmitry Peskov spokesperson for Kremlin said according to reports.
9:48 AM, 24 Feb
The rebel leaders thanked Russia, Peskov said. He also added that Kiev is continuing its military build up along the line of disengagement and the republics are experiencing the destruction of civil and industrial infrastructure, schools, hospitals and kindergartens.
9:48 AM, 24 Feb
The Ukrainian leadership on the other hand said that it tried to reach out to Russian President Vladimir Putin. However there was no answer and only silence they said.
9:53 AM, 24 Feb
Putin while addressing the Ukrainian armed forces said your ancestors fought the Nazis. Do not obey the orders of the Nazi Junta in Kyiv. Lay down your arms and go home, he also said.
9:57 AM, 24 Feb
It is a question of life and death for us. They crossed a redline. Ukraine is supporting Neo-nazis. We decided to launch a special military action, Putin also said.
10:01 AM, 24 Feb
Reacting to the military action by Russia in Ukraine, former US President, Donald Trump said that Putin saw the weakness of the US. Speaking to Fox News, he said that Putin wanted to do something and negotiate. But it got worse and worse and then he saw the weakness. I don’t believe he wanted to do this initially. This would not have taken place under my watch, Trump also said.
10:02 AM, 24 Feb
Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now.
Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Peaceful Ukrainian cities are under strikes. This is a war of aggression. Ukraine will defend itself and will win. The world can and must stop Putin. The time to act is now, Ukraine's foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba said.
10:06 AM, 24 Feb
Ukraine's UN ambassador Sergiy Kyslytsya said that Russia’s UN envoy has confirmed that his president has declared a war on Ukraine.
10:06 AM, 24 Feb
Putin says that Russia has no plans to occupy Ukraine. The people of Ukraine will be able to choose freely who runs the country, he also said.
10:18 AM, 24 Feb
Authorities in India are evaluating whether the special Air India flight Enroute to Kyiv can continue its journey or be called back.
10:21 AM, 24 Feb
Russian troops have landed in Odessa and crossing the border according to Ukrainian officials.
10:21 AM, 24 Feb
There have been missile strikes on the Vasilkovsky airfield near Kyiv said Interior Minister of Ukraine, Anton Gerashchenko.
10:23 AM, 24 Feb
Sensex slips over 1,400 points as Putin orders troops into Ukraine.
10:23 AM, 24 Feb
This is a grave breach of international law & a serious threat to Euro-Atlantic security," Nato General Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. He also termed the attack as reckless and said that the Nato allies will meet to address the situation.
10:24 AM, 24 Feb
Ukraine’s interior ministry confirms Russian invasion has begun
10:24 AM, 24 Feb
I strongly condemn the appalling, unprovoked attack President Putin has launched on the people of Ukraine.
We stand with Ukraine and we will work with our international partners to respond to this terrible act of agression.
I strongly condemn the appalling, unprovoked attack President Putin has launched on the people of Ukraine. We stand with Ukraine and we will work with our international partners to respond to this terrible act of aggression, Liz Truss, UK’s foreign secretary said.
10:26 AM, 24 Feb
International oil prices have hit the 0 mark as Russia announces war.
10:34 AM, 24 Feb
Series of explosions heard in Belgorod province of Russia.
10:34 AM, 24 Feb
I'll be monitoring the situation from White House this evening and get regular updates from my national security team. Tomorrow, I'll meet with my G7 counterparts in the morning. We'll coordinate with our Nato allies," Joe Biden said.
10:34 AM, 24 Feb
The Air India special flight AI1947 is coming back to Delhi due to Notice to Air Missions at Kyiv, Ukraine
10:40 AM, 24 Feb
Joe Biden said that he would announced further consequences on Russia.
10:42 AM, 24 Feb
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has introduced martial law. In a statement he said, “ dear Ukrainian citizens, this morning President Putin announced a special military operation in Donbas. Russia conducted strikes on our military infrastructure and our border guards. There were blasts heard in many cities of Ukraine. We’re introducing martial law on the whole territory of our country. A minute ago I had a conversation with President Biden. The US have already started uniting international support. Today each of you should keep calm. Stay at home if you can. We are working. The army is working. The whole sector of defense and security is working. No panic. We are strong. We are ready for everything. We will win over everybody because we are Ukraine.”
10:50 AM, 24 Feb
Amidst reports of several explosions being reported around the Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, people are calm and are going to work, a local official said. There is no plan to evacuate people in Kramatorsk. People are going to the factory for their 6 am shift, the official also said.
10:50 AM, 24 Feb
The Russian military has claimed that it is not targeting Ukrainian cities. In a statement the Russian military said that the Russian Armed Forces are not launching any missile or artillery strikes on the cities of Ukraine. High-precision weapons destroy military infrastructure: military airfields, aviation, air defense facilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The civilian population is not at risk.
10:50 AM, 24 Feb
I am appalled by the horrific events in Ukraine and I have spoken to President Zelenskyy to discuss next steps. President Putin has chosen a path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack on Ukraine, UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson said.
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