Volodymyr Zelensky travels on the Eastern Front, in the Kubyansk and Liman region

A new series of night attacks in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force announced on Tuesday that it had shot down 29 drones and missiles launched by Russia in the south and east of the country. The air defense determines that these were 29 Iranian-made Shahed 131/136 drones and an Iskander-K cruise missile. In total, Russia launched 31 drones and one missile from Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula that Moscow annexed in 2014.

Suspension of US aid? In the United States, the federal administration’s interim budget approved on Saturday does not include an envelope for Kiev. In fact, Trump-supporting elected officials, who are putting their weight behind the current budget negotiations, actually managed to convince Congress to adopt a text in which this assistance does not appear. If this aid is suspended “It would be devastating for the Ukrainians.”warns Mark Cancian, a consultant at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington.

Japan is embarrassed by a senator’s visit to Russia. A pro-Russian Japanese senator visited Moscow, the first since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. The visit surprised the Japanese government, which criticized this personal initiative on Tuesday. “Mr. Suzuki did not inform the government of his visit to Russia,” Japanese government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno said. Tokyo has strongly condemned the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the beginning, and adopted sanctions against Moscow, like its Western allies.

European ministers in Kyiv European Union foreign ministers met in Kiev on Monday “Historic meeting” Aim to trace the lines of A “Sustainable support” To Ukraine, which aims to join the European Union. In the face of a slow Ukrainian counterattack and fears of declining Western support for Ukraine, it is also about Russia showing that it is ready to act. “Should not be relied upon” on “boredom” French Minister Catherine Colonna explained that the European Union.