War in Ukraine day 720: The world's richest billionaire opposes aid to Kyiv
The US Senate passed a bill that includes $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, although this bill may not pass the US House of Representatives. Billionaire Elon Musk is one of those who does not support this bill.
The bill is controversial
On February 13, the US Senate passed a bill providing for new aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as well as other spending, with a total value of up to 95.34 billion USD, even if the bill This is unlikely to pass the US House of Representatives.
Billionaire Elon Musk said Russia will not lose in Ukraine, opposing aid to Kyiv
Reuters said the voting results in the US Senate were 70 votes in favor - 29 votes against, exceeding the minimum threshold of 60 votes to pass the bill. Of these, 22 Republican senators along with most Democratic senators support the bill.
A day earlier, billionaire Elon Musk, the world's richest person, told Republican politicians that Russian President Vladimir Putin could "no way" lose the war in Ukraine, and opposed The US continues to provide aid to Kyiv.
"This spending does not help Ukraine. Prolonging hostilities does not help Ukraine," Mr. Musk said in a discussion involving several Republican senators on X Spaces, a platform belonging to social network X (formerly Twitter), according to Bloomberg.
Russia wants Baltic leaders and officials
Russia has issued an arrest warrant for Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas and two other officials from Estonia and Lithuania over an undeclared criminal case.
On February 13, Russian authorities declared Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas a wanted person, according to AFP. The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' wanted database shows that Ms. Kallas is wanted under the country's Criminal Law but does not specify the charges.
In addition to the Estonian Prime Minister, Estonian State Secretary Taimar Peterkop and Lithuanian Culture Minister Simonas Lairys were also placed on Russia's wanted list. TASS news agency quoted a source revealing that the above people were accused of "destroying works honoring Soviet-era soldiers"
.Russia uses Zircon hypersonic missile?
Mr. Oleksandr Ruvin, Director of the Kyiv Institute of Forensic Scientific Research, said on Telegram on February 12 that his agency had completed preliminary analysis of missile fragments collected after the Russian attack. on February 7, according to Reuters.
Mr. Ruvien posted a video of what is believed to be a missile carcass with specific markings on the surface. "In this case, we see elements characteristic of the 3M22 Zircon missile. Parts and fragments from the engine and steering mechanism show specific signs," he wrote.