The U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval to a $45 billion aid package for Ukraine, as President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned his citizens that Russia could launch attacks over Christmas and urged them to heed air raid alarms. | Reuters
The new military and economic assistance would come atop some $50 billion aid to Ukraine this year as well as Western sanctions on Russia that now include a cap on Russian oil prices.Russia responded to the cap on Friday by threatening to cut oil output by 5%-7% early next year through halting sales to countries that support the measure.Russia invaded on February 24
U.S. officials say, however, that the single Patriot battery that Biden promised Zelenskiy during their White House meeting on Wednesday will not change the course of the war. He said that he had met his top commanders to review the military situation and that his government is “preparing for various scenarios of action by the terrorist state. And we will respond.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin made a visit on Friday to the city of Tula, known for arms manufacturing, where he was shown telling defense industry chiefs to boost output of weapons for the front. Ukrainian forces repelled attacks on at least 17 eastern settlements, the general staff said early on Friday.
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