QUICK READ 11/5: The US House of Representatives passes a bill to provide an additional $ 40 billion in aid to Ukraine

A destroyed hotel in Chernihiv, Ukraine – Photo: AFP/Getty Images

* According to the Guardian newspaper, Belarus will deploy troops to operate in three areas near the southern border of Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Moscow had agreed to help Minsk produce missiles and warned Belarus could “cause heavy damage to the enemy”.

* According to CNN, The United Nations Security Council is scheduled to meet on the morning of May 12 on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine, at the request of France and Mexico. The Council is scheduled to meet this afternoon on May 11 to discuss North Korea’s recent ballistic missile test.

* Evening 10-5 (local time), US House of Representatives votes to pass a bill to give Ukraine an extra $40 billion in aid. The bill will need to be passed by the Senate before it is sent to US President Joe Biden to be signed into law.

According to Reuters, the aid package includes $5 billion in humanitarian assistance to tackle global food insecurity and nearly $9 billion in economic support for Ukraine.

* Ukraine said it would stop transiting part of gas from Russia to Europe at the Sokhranivka point since May 11 to move to another place. The reason is because Russian forces and separatists are controlling the area of ​​eastern Ukraine where the pipeline passes. According to Reuters news agency, the Sokhranivka transit point accounts for a third of gas from Russia to Ukraine.

In front of a damaged residential building in Saltivka neighborhood, city of Kharkov, Ukraine, May 10 – Photo: REUTERS

* Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced that the government of Ukraine has approved the Seize Russian assets in Ukraine. Accordingly, Russian assets will be placed under the management of the National Investment Fund of Ukraine and used to strengthen the Ukrainian military, support the population and rebuild infrastructure.

He added that the Ukrainian government is working with other countries to seize Russian assets abroad and use them for Ukraine’s post-conflict recovery.

* According to AFP news agency, on May 10, US intelligence warns that Russia is preparing for a long war in Ukrainewill not end this war only with military operations in the Donbass region, and will be determined to build a land corridor connecting Ukraine with the Transnistria region in Moldova.

“We assess that Russian President Putin is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, in which he still intends to achieve goals beyond the Donbass,” said Avril Haines, director of the US National Intelligence Service. stated at a hearing in the US Congress.

* According to the AP news agency, in a video address to Maltese lawmakers on May 10, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that despite Ukraine’s offers, So far the country has not received the required number of weapons to stop the Russian siege of the city of Mariupol and liberate the city.

However, he asserted that Ukrainian soldiers “continue to resist at the Azovstal steel plant” in Mariupol.

Zelensky added that so far Ukrainian cities and towns have been hit by about 2,250 missiles during Russia’s two-and-a-half-month military campaign. “The bombardment was non-stop, day and night,” he said.

Bridget Brink – who was nominated to be the US Ambassador to Ukraine, had a hearing before the US Senate Intelligence Subcommittee in Washington on May 10 – Photo: REUTERS

* May 10, The United Nations says an estimated 8 million people have been displaced inside Ukraine due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. These people had to leave their homes, but remained in the country. With that, more than 5.9 million Ukrainians have left the country.

* US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi said The US House of Representatives will vote on a $40 billion humanitarian and military aid bill for Ukraine on the evening of May 10 (local time). This bill is likely to pass the House of Representatives and then the US Senate in the coming days, before reaching President Joe Biden’s desk for signature.

“With this aid package, the United States sends a resounding message to the world about our unwavering determination to stand with the brave Ukrainian people until victory is won.” – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrote in her letter to fellow Democrats.

* According to Tass news agency, on May 10, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the EU’s high representative in charge of foreign and security policy Josep Borrell got the idea of ​​”theft”, after Josep Borrell proposed to seize frozen Russian assets and hand them over to Ukraine.