At least 17 killed in attack on Chernihiv, Ukraine
Three Russian missiles struck Chernihiv yesterday, north of Kyiv, killing 17 people and injuring scores more, Ukrainian officials said. President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Ukraine’s lack of air defenses for the deaths.
With U.S. military assistance largely suspended since the start of the year because of resistance by Republican lawmakers, the Western-supplied air defense systems needed to shoot down near-daily Russian missile bombardments are nearly out of ammunition.
Ukraine has sought to target Russian weapons at their source, both in occupied parts of Ukraine and inside Russia itself. Explosions and fires were reported yesterday at a key Russian air base in the occupied Crimean Peninsula in what appeared to be a Ukrainian attack.
U.S. aid: Mike Johnson, the House speaker, scheduled a vote this Saturday on foreign aid, including for Ukraine, despite resistance by fellow Republicans, including those seeking his ouster.
With U.S. military assistance largely suspended since the start of the year because of resistance by Republican lawmakers, the Western-supplied air defense systems needed to shoot down near-daily Russian missile bombardments are nearly out of ammunition.
Ukraine has sought to target Russian weapons at their source, both in occupied parts of Ukraine and inside Russia itself. Explosions and fires were reported yesterday at a key Russian air base in the occupied Crimean Peninsula in what appeared to be a Ukrainian attack.
U.S. aid: Mike Johnson, the House speaker, scheduled a vote this Saturday on foreign aid, including for Ukraine, despite resistance by fellow Republicans, including those seeking his ouster.
