Newsletter 06/09/2024
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Strike on Pavlohrad: One killed, injury toll grows to 58
Russians launched a missile attack on Pavlohrad with five Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Voronezh and Rostov regions.
According to Serhiy Lysak, the head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, the damage was caused to several enterprises, more than 30 multi-storey buildings, a kindergarten, and 27 shops. A car was destroyed and two others were damaged.
The number of those injured in Pavlohrad as a result of a Russian missile strike has increased to 58 people, including three in serious condition.
New $250M defense support package: Zelensky meets with Austin
President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discussed the content of a new $250 million U.S. defense support package and other defense needs of Ukraine.
Pentagon reveals details of new $250M package for Ukraine
“This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $250 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs,” is said in a statement by the Pentagon released on Friday.
The capabilities in this announcement include: RIM-7 missiles and support for air defense; Stinger missiles; ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition; tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems; Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles; M113 Armored Personnel Carriers; Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles; small arms ammunition and grenades.
Ukraine will also receive patrol boats, maritime training equipment, demolition equipment and munitions, spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
Next year, Ukraine to receive EUR 40B in military aid from NATO - Stoltenberg
Jens Stoltenberg confirmed the intention of Allies to provide Ukraine with stable and long-term military aid with a "minimum" threshold of EUR 40 billion for the next year, which should allow Ukraine to effectively defend against Russian aggression.
Putin obsessed with territorial conquests, doesn’t want peace - Zelensky
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, said this during the opening of the regular meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Friday.
"We do want to end this war – we want peace. We want to save our people first of all, our country. It is Putin who doesn’t want peace, and he is obsessed with territorial conquests. He wants our cities or the ruins that remain of them. And that is why we need strength. We need to force Russia to seek peace. We need to make Russian cities and even Russian soldiers think about what they need – peace or Putin? And it is realistic to push them to choose peace," said Zelensky.
War
Bukovyna paratroopers demilitarized four crews of enemy UAVs
Source: Communications Department of the Command of the Airborne Assault Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Zelensky: Russian army has already lost 6000 soldiers in Kursk region
IAEA: Russian drones flew a few kilometers from Khmelnytskyi NPP
Defense
Zelensky at Ramstein meeting: Ukraine need long-range weapons, permission to hit targets inside Russia
President Volodymyr Zelensky called on partners to provide Ukraine with the necessary amount of long-range capabilities and to allow their use not only on the occupied territory of Ukraine, but also inside Russia.
Canada announces new aid package to Ukraine, comprising rocket motors and warheads
Pistorius announces delivery of self-propelled howitzers worth EUR 150M, air defense systems to Ukraine
Britain to give Ukraine 650 missiles for air defense worth USD 213 million
Economy
EU allocates EUR 40M to help Ukraine prepare for approaching winter
According to the European Commission, the primary focus of this funding is to help prepare Ukraine for the freezing winter months. Together with its humanitarian partners, the EU aims to repair damaged buildings, ensure electricity and heating, and provide shelter to the ones most in need.