Zelenskyy and the United States scorn Russia's chemical weapons claims

According to locals in the region, the strike in Lutsk targeted the airport, reports Ukraine. There are also reports that a Russian strike has hit a factory - the only place where specific fighting machines can be repaired.

According to Ukraine, the site is on the greatest strategic assets targeted by Russia. Lutsk and Dnieper hit for the first time. Ukrainian television and media reported explosions in Lutsk in the northwest and the Dnieper - the deepest city of the Dnieper and a large fortress in the middle east of Ukraine.

Neither of these cities had seen live fire before.

Air raid sirens sounded in several Ukrainian cities in the hours leading up to the explosion. We'll keep you updated until we learn more. The US Senate has approved a $13.6 billion aid package for Ukraine and sent the bill to the White House for President Biden to sign.

The provisions are part of a larger government spending bill and were approved after the ruling Democrat Party rejected funding to ease Covid due to opposition Republicans.

"We gave Ukraine billions in food, medicine, shelter and aid for the more than two million refugees who had to leave Ukraine, as well as funds for arms transfers like Javelin and Stingers [missiles]," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Sumer said before the vote. Vote. Ukraine's defense minister promised that newly formed ranks of untrained civilians taking up arms against Russia would not be dispatched to the front lines.

"It makes no sense. On the contrary, our soldiers stop more enemies because they are more motivated, better trained, and armed," Defense Minister Alexei Reznikov said in a video message.

He added that recruits should inform the military of their whereabouts and contact the local recruiting center. He said that more than 100,000 Ukrainians have joined the country's Territorial Defense Command, adding that more than 200,000 Ukrainians had returned from Europe to help with the fighting.

Reznikov also said Russian troops killed more civilians than members of the Ukrainian armed forces.