Amid the continued Russia-Ukraine warfare, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky talked to the USA counterpart Joe Biden through a telephone name on Sunday, thanking him for the “unprecedented” assist for his conflict-ravaged nation to bolster its defence and monetary fronts. “I thanked for the unprecedented defence and monetary help that the USA supplies to Ukraine,” Zelensky mentioned, information company Reuters reported, citing his Telegram put up. “This not solely contributes to success on the battlefield but additionally helps the steadiness of the Ukrainian economic system,” he additional added.

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On the harm to Ukrainian power grids because of repeated Russian missile strikes, Zelensky underlined, “Ukraine appreciated the assistance being offered by the US to revive the power system.”

Biden, on the decision, assured Zelensky that boosting Ukraine’s defence system was a precedence for the US, the White Home mentioned in a readout. He additionally welcomed Zelensky’s “said openness to a simply peace primarily based on elementary rules enshrined within the United Nations Constitution”.

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On the sidelines, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen additionally hinted in an interview that the nation was ready to assist Ukraine for “so long as it takes,” a Bloomberg report highlighted. The US has promised $38 billion in army help and delivered $13 billion in direct help to Ukraine to date, the report added.

Earlier than Joe Biden, Zelensky additionally talked with French and Turkish leaders Emmanuel Macron and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Sharing the main points, the Ukrainian chief mentioned he and the French counterpart had an hour-long dialogue on defence points whereas with Erdogan, he mentioned methods to broaden the grain take care of Russia.

In his nightly video handle, he additionally up to date on the state of affairs in Odesa area, one of many newest websites of the Russian assaults which suffered energy outages, forcing ports in direction of partial dysfunction. Regional governor Maksym Marchenko was quoted as saying by Reuters that energy had been restored to some extent and the variety of individuals with out electrical energy within the area fell to 300,000 from 1.5 million.

Odesa’s energy provide had been “critically” hit after Russia unveiled an assault on the area utilizing Iranian-made drones to hit two power vegetation on Saturday.

(With company inputs)