Russia-Ukraine War Live Updates: Missiles Attack Odessa After Russia Celebrates Victory Day With Little To Celebrate


Russia fired a barrage of missiles at Odessa, the crucial Black Sea port, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that the blockade of the city and others like it threatened global food supplies.

Seven missiles were fired in Monday’s attack, which hit a shopping mall and a warehouse, killing at least one person and wounding five others, Ukrainian officials said. Meanwhile, in Izyum, a strategic eastern city under the control of Russian forces, the local governor said early Tuesday that 44 bodies had been discovered under the rubble of a residential building destroyed earlier in the war.

After more than two months of conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin had little to celebrate on Victory Day, the annual commemoration of World War II that he marked with a speech from Red Square on Monday. The Russian leader gave no sign of whether he intends to escalate the war, with his troops struggling to advance their eastern offensive and analysts warning they lacked the resources for a prolonged fight.

kyiv’s fierce resistance has helped garner growing support from its Western allies, with President Joe Biden himself nodding to World War II by signing the Ukraine Democracy Defense Lend-Lease Act to quickly garner military support. for the country. He also called on congressional leaders to separate aid to Ukraine from Covid-19 relief to avoid partisan opposition.

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Missiles hit Odessa shopping mall, says Ukraine’s military

Line of trucks stretches for miles on the border with Ukraine

Odessa cleans up after Russia fires seven missiles at Black Sea port city

Russian forces fired seven missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odessa early Tuesday, hitting a shopping mall and a warehouse, according to Ukraine’s military.

At least one person died and five were injured, according to the country’s State Emergency Services. Photos posted to the city’s Telegram account showed charred buildings, largely reduced to steel and concrete structures, and rubble strewn across a parking lot. City workers provided assistance to victims and cleared debris throughout the night, the Odessa City Council said in a post on Telegram.

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A rescuer guards the scene of a missile attack on a shopping and entertainment center in the Black Sea city of Odessa, Ukraine, on Tuesday.Oleksandr Gimanov/AFP via Getty Images

“The enemy’s missile reserves are obviously low, as the rare Soviet-style missiles that show their age were launched,” Ukraine’s Operational Southern Command said in a Facebook post.

Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says ports are paralyzed due to Russian blockade

Almost 6,000 Ukrainians approved to enter the US

The Department of Homeland Security approved nearly 6,000 Ukrainians to enter the US through an online application system that allows them to obtain legal clearance to fly to US airports and then keep the Americans who agreed to sponsor them, the agency said Monday.

The online portal, known as United for Ukraine, launched on April 25 as part of President Joe Biden’s stated goal of bringing 100,000 people fleeing Russia’s deadly invasion to the US.

The launch of the website meant the closure of a popular but dangerous and illegal route that many Ukrainians had taken across the US-Mexico border, where, having entered Mexico on tourist visas, they were transported from the camps in Tijuana to California. After April 25, US Border Patrol officers began pushing back Ukrainians trying to cross the southern border.

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Ukraine’s ambassador to the US will meet with Republican lawmakers

Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States is expected to meet with Republican lawmakers as Congress considers an aid package for the embattled nation.

Oksana Makarova was scheduled to attend a luncheon with Senate Republicans on Tuesday afternoon, two sources with knowledge of the event told NBC News.

As their nation continued to fend off Russia’s invasion, congressional Democrats proposed a $40 billion aid package to boost Ukraine’s military and humanitarian resources. It would be better than the $33 billion package proposed by the administration of President Joe Biden.

The House is scheduled to take up the legislation on Tuesday afternoon.

Biden urges Congress to ‘immediately’ approve aid to Ukraine, putting Covid funds on the backburner

President Joe Biden is urging Congress to quickly approve aid to Ukraine in a move that would prioritize assistance for kyiv over new Covid relief funds for the US.

“I am calling on Congress to pass the Ukraine Supplemental Funding Bill immediately and bring it to my desk in the next few days,” Biden said in a statement Monday.

Biden and Democratic leaders had hoped to move a coronavirus relief package alongside aid to Ukraine, using Ukrainian assistance as leverage to secure additional Covid funding, but Republicans refused, saying they would not approve new funding to fight the virus. pandemic without voting the president. decision to end a Trump-era border policy known as Title 42.

That left Biden and Democratic leaders with no choice but to separate the two packages.

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