The latest news on the war between Russia and Ukraine | Wilnesh News

British Finance Minister Jeremy Hunt met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kiev, Ukraine’s leader said on Thursday.

“I welcome Chancellor @Jeremy_Hunt and thank him for delivering the UK’s largest defense aid package worth £500m,” Zelensky said on the X social media platformthanks Hunter and the UK for their support.

“We are particularly focused on sanctions policy. It is important to expand restrictions on Russia and make it impossible to circumvent sanctions.”

He thanked the British government and said Hunt would meet with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denis Shmyhal later in the day.

— Natasha Turak

A Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in the Moscow-occupied Zaporozhye region, Russian officials said.

“A civilian vehicle was hit, killing a man and a woman and leaving their four minor children orphaned,” Evgeniy Balitsky said in a statement translated by Google. telegram post.

He added that emergency services were on site and would provide social assistance and psychological care to the children.

CNBC could not independently confirm the report.

Zaporozhye is home to Europe’s largest nuclear power plant and one of four Ukrainian regions annexed by Russia in September 2022 after Moscow invaded the country.

— Ruksandra Jordash

On Thursday morning, Ihor Taburets, the governor of Ukraine’s central Cherkasy region, said a Russian airstrike damaged a critical infrastructure and injured six people.

He reports no casualties so far and adds Google Translate telegram post The blast and ensuing debris damaged 47 homes.

He said maintenance teams were rushing to the scene of the accident.

CNBC could not independently verify developments on the ground.

— Ruksandra Jordash

U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill on Wednesday to provide billions of dollars in additional aid to Ukraine to help it fight off Russian attacks, ending a protracted political battle over the much-needed aid.

Biden said the first batch of military equipment will be shipped to Ukraine in the next few hours. He called U.S. aid not only an investment in Ukraine and European security, but also an investment in U.S. security.

“America stands with our friends, and we stand up against dictators. We bow to no one, and we don’t bow to anyone. Certainly not (Russian President) Vladimir Putin,” Biden said.

Earlier in the day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he was grateful to the U.S. Senate for approving aid to the war-torn country.

At the same time, Russia said its military would step up attacks on Western weapons in Ukraine.

— Sam Meredith

Photos released Wednesday via Getty Images show an armored vehicle said to have been captured by Russian military personnel during Russia’s war in Ukraine. The exhibition is held at the Victory Park Memorial Hall in Moscow.