QUICK READING April 14: The US again provides $800 million worth of weapons to Ukraine

Ukrainian soldiers with damaged Russian T-72 BV tanks in the Donetsk region – Photo: REUTERS

* According to Reuters news agency, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and US President Joe Biden discussed additional defense and financial aid to Kievas well as sanctions against Russia

The Ukrainian president announced that both sides “agreed to strengthen sanctions” against Russia.

Shortly after, Washington announced additional military aid of $800 million to Ukraine, bringing the total amount since the Russian invasion to more than $2.4 billion.

President Biden said the latest aid package will include artillery systems, artillery shells, armored vehicles, unmanned ships at sea and helicopters.

Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Ukrainian forces would need training to use some of the military equipment sent by the United States.

* UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that poor countries are simultaneously facing food, energy and financial crises due to disruptions in supply chains caused by the conflict in Ukraine.

According to Guterres, Russia is the leading exporter of oil and gas in the world, and both Russia and Ukraine are major grain producers, accounting for a third of total global grain exports. Therefore, when commodity prices skyrocketed to record levels, the countries that relied on imports suffered the most.

* According to Reuters, a total of 1,567 people were evacuated out of Ukrainian cities through humanitarian corridors on April 13. Deputy Chief of Staff to the President of Ukraine Kyrylo Tymoshenko said the number had dropped to 2,671 people from a day earlier.

* The Interfax news agency quoted a source from the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying Moscow is in the process of imposing sanctions against 398 members of the US House of Representatives and 87 Canadian senators, in response to previous sanctions of these two countries..

Last month, Washington announced sanctions against 328 members of the Russian Duma.

“There will be new announcements about Russia’s countermeasures in the near future, regarding the increase in the number of people on the ‘banned list’ and other retaliatory options,” Russia’s Interfax news agency said. know.

The Presidents of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia and the Prime Minister of Ukraine visit the village of Dmytrivka, Ukraine, April 13 – Photo: REUTERS

* On April 13, President Zelensky said: grandfather not yet approved by German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier or his office grandfather Steinmeier officially reached out to talk about his visit to Ukraine.

Earlier, Mr. Steinmeier said that the Ukrainian side did not welcome him. A Ukrainian official denied that President Zelensky turned down an invitation to visit from Mr. Steinmeier.

* Mayor of Kharkov, Mr. Ihor Terekhov, said Russian bombing of this city has increased dramatically from April 13. He said there have been casualties in the past days, including children killed.

Kharkov has come under several Russian attacks since Moscow launched its military operation in February.

* On April 13, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that if attacks on Russian territory continue, their forces will attack locations in Ukraineincluding Kiev.

The Russian Defense Ministry also said that the announcement had taken full control of the commercial seaport of Mariupol and freed all “hostages” from the ships at the port.

* The High Command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that Russian forces are fully ready for a new offensive in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine and in the southern Kherson region.