American aid to arrive in Ukraine “very soon” - Assistant Secretary of State
The United States assistance, which will include air defense capabilities, will arrive in Ukraine "very soon."
22 April 2024
The United States assistance, which will include air defense capabilities, will arrive in Ukraine "very soon."
After the decision of the House of Representatives of the U.S. Congress to provide continued aid to Ukraine, complete synchronization of actions in the international diplomatic arena is being observed.
As a result of shelling by Russian troops in Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, Kharkiv region, a volunteer was injured.
Over the past day, 62 combat engagements took place at the front, with the majority of attacks repelled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Lyman, Bakhmut, Novopavlivka and Avdiivka directions.
A woman was killed in Krasnohorivka, Donetsk region, as a result of enemy shelling.
An excavator driver was killed in the shelling of the village of Yurchenkove, Kharkiv region.
During the day, Russian troops fired 13 drones at the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, causing damage to police and emergency vehicles.
Two men were killed as a result of the Russian army's shelling of the Kakhovka district of the Kherson region.
Russian troops struck at the television infrastructure of Kharkiv.
Soldiers of the border brigade "Revenge" destroyed enemy positions in the Serebryansky forest in the Luhansk region.
Russian troops have launched an airstrike on the city of Derhachi in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has chaired another meeting of the Staff of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief.
Air defense systems, which Ukraine will receive from international partners in the near future, can become a decisive factor in protecting Ukraine's skies and save thousands of lives, providing Ukrainian defenders with the opportunity to repel aggression and force the enemy to retreat.
The next meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group will be held on Friday, April 26.
In the operational area of the Southern Defense Forces, Ukrainian defenders have repelled four assaults by Russian invaders in the Orikhiv sector and four attacks on the east (left) bank of the Dnipro River in the Kherson region.
In the near future, Russian hybrid attacks in the media space will be aimed at disrupting the ongoing mobilization effort and delegitimizing the Ukrainian military and political leadership in the eyes of average Ukrainians.
National Guard units over the past week have destroyed five Russian tanks, 20 armored fighting vehicles, 40 artillery systems, and 85 dugouts.
Germany will deliver the Patriot system to Ukraine as soon as possible, while half a million artillery rounds will be sent before year-end.
In the early hours of Monday, April 22, Russian troops dropped explosives from drones on Beryslav, Kherson region, injuring two, including a teenage girl.
Ukraine will face a difficult period in May and June.
Russian troops fired on residential areas of the Dniprovskyi and Korabelskyi districts of Kherson from the temporarily occupied left bank of the Kherson region, leaving one man injured.
Military intelligence officers are not allowed to have Telegram or other social networks.
Over the past day, April 21, Kharkiv and 15 settlements of the Kharkiv region came under enemy fire. A 19-year-old man was injured.
Over the past day, April 21, the Russian army killed one resident of the Donetsk region, and six people were injured.
In the Odesa region, Russian Shahed-131/136 drones hit a farm at night. The warehouse and equipment were damaged.
At night, Russian troops shelled Nikopol with heavy artillery.
Russian shelling injured three people, including a child, in Ukraine's southern Kherson region on Sunday, April 21.
Russia's overall combat losses in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and April 22, 2024 amounted to about 460,260 troops, including 730 killed or wounded in action in the past 24 hours.
The enemy attacked Ukraine with seven Shahed-131/136 strike drones launched from Cape Chauda (Crimea) and three S-300/S-400 air defense missiles fired from occupied Donetsk region on the night of April 21-22.
Russia's invasion forces launched 202 strikes on six settlements in Ukraine's southeastern Zaporizhzhia region on Sunday, April 21.