The American Congress gave its agreement on Friday, December 23 to a vast public finance plan, which includes a major envelope: 45 billion dollars to support Ukraine on humanitarian but above all military aspects.
In detail, this aid package should make it possible to transfer American military equipment to Ukraine, but also to buy weapons on behalf of kyiv while offering it financial assistance. Follow our live.
Tram traffic interrupted in kyiv to save electricity. The poor state of operation of the Ukrainian electricity network, bombarded relentlessly by the Russian army in recent weeks, has prompted the Ukrainian capital to put its tram and trolleybus system on hold. It was the mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, who announced this measure on Friday on his Telegram account. (in Ukrainian).
Washington calls on Vladimir Putin to “recognize the reality” of the conflict. The United States called on Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday to acknowledge the reality of the conflict in Ukraine after the Russian autocrat used the word “war” during a press conference – a term that he himself had however banned in Russia.
Ukrainian grain production down sharply this year. The grain harvest in Ukraine, which is one of the world’s leading producers, will ultimately be 40% less than that of 2021, the National Grain Association said on Friday. In question, “the occupation of part of the regions, the hostilities in the fields, the destruction of infrastructure”which reduced by“about a quarter” the total area of fields cultivated by cereal producers compared to the previous year, explained Sergey Ivashchenko, director of this association.