{"id":450704,"date":"2022-05-21T17:51:25","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-signs-40b-ukraine-aid-as-zelensky-hints-at-ceding-territory\/"},"modified":"2022-05-21T17:51:25","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T14:51:25","slug":"biden-signs-40b-ukraine-aid-as-zelensky-hints-at-ceding-territory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-signs-40b-ukraine-aid-as-zelensky-hints-at-ceding-territory\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden signs $40B Ukraine aid as Zelensky hints at ceding territory"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f8f9377cc3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span 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class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-signs-40b-ukraine-aid-as-zelensky-hints-at-ceding-territory\/#%E2%80%9CBiden_signs_40B_Ukraine_aid_as_Zelensky_hints_at_ceding_territory%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Biden signs $40B Ukraine aid as Zelensky hints at ceding territory&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CBiden_signs_40B_Ukraine_aid_as_Zelensky_hints_at_ceding_territory%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Biden signs $40B Ukraine aid as Zelensky hints at ceding territory&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>President Biden signed the bill granting $40 billion in aid to Ukraine while attending a state dinner in South Korea, as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky hinted he may be willing to cede territory to Russia to save civilian lives. <\/p>\n<p>The legislation, which passed Congress with bipartisan support, includes $20 billion in military assistance and intelligence support, $8 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> economic support, $5 billion to address global food shortages that could result from the collapse of Ukrainian agriculture, and more than $1 billion to help refugees. <\/p>\n<p>The bill was delivered to Biden under unusual circumstances: a US official carried a copy <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-biden-south-korea-asia-seoul-b1c87ec419168374e321330886ef6746\">on a commercial flight<\/a> to Seoul for the president to sign, after it was held up in the Senate for a week by Kentucky\u2019s Rand Paul, according to a White House official.<\/p>\n<p>The bill signing set off rounds of speculation about exactly what weapons the US will send and when. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSources say it\u2019s not the case yet that the US is to provide Ukraine with MIM-104 Patriot systems in the foreseeable future,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAPonomarenko\/status\/1527972146214993921\">tweeted Illia Ponomarenko<\/a>, a defense reporter with the Kyiv Independent <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> outlet. \u201cSuch an option is considered as a long-term, post-war step to support Ukraine as a strong regional military power ensuring peace and stability.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/39366917.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"A destroyed house by a rocket launched from a russian airplane in Bakhmur, Donbas, Ukraine. \" class=\"wp-image-22361264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/39366917.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/39366917.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/39366917.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A house destroyed by a rocket launched from a Russian airplane is seen in Bakhmur, Donbas, Ukraine. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Andoni Lubaki\/Sipa USA<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The signing came a day after Russia\u2019s most significant victory so far in the nearly four-month-old war, the capture of the port city of Mariupol, and on the day Zelensky marked the third anniversary of his inauguration. <\/p>\n<p>Zelensky indicated he might be willing to cede some of eastern Ukraine to Russia to spare the population.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that no matter what <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>etite different sections of our population have, the most valuable thing is to save more people, soldiers,\u201d Zelensky said at a news briefing Saturday, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pravda.com.ua\/eng\/news\/2022\/05\/21\/7347615\/\">according to Pravda Ukraine<\/a>. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zelensky-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky\" class=\"wp-image-22361265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zelensky-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zelensky-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/zelensky-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The conflict \u201cwill be bloody, there will be fighting, but it will only definitively end through diplomacy,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">UKRINFORM\/ Ukrinform\/Future Publishing via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNo one just gives anything away, but there is land that they entered and occupied, and there are some areas where they have advanced very far in,\u201d Zelensky continued. \u201cTo reach the line that existed before [February] 24th without unnecessary losses, I think \u2026 that would be a victory for our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have broken the backbone of one of the strongest armies in the world. We\u2019ve already done that. Including psychologically. They won\u2019t get back on their feet for the next few years,\u201d Zelensky said. \u201cBut let\u2019s not forget that all our soldiers also want to live.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ukraine could win on the battlefield, the war will only end \u201cat the negotiating table,\u201d he said, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/live\/world-europe-61518209?ns_mchannel=social&amp;ns_source=twitter&amp;ns_campaign=bbc_live&amp;ns_linkname=62889d86fc2fb576dc00b927%26Zelensky%20says%20only%20%27diplomacy%27%20can%20end%20Ukraine%20war%262022-05-21T08%3A46%3A12.944Z&amp;ns_fee=0&amp;pinned_post_locator=urn:asset:b0dff8d4-2a55-48b0-86a8-5ef5cf95613e&amp;pinned_post_asset_id=62889d86fc2fb576dc00b927&amp;pinned_post_type=share\">according to The BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The conflict \u201cwill be bloody, there will be fighting, but it will only definitively end through diplomacy,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mariupol-ap-01.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling, \" class=\"wp-image-22361263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mariupol-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mariupol-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/mariupol-ap-01.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Smoke rises from the Metallurgical Combine Azovstal in Mariupol during shelling.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Alexei Alexandrov<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Tuesday, Kyiv\u2019s lead negotiator Mykhaylo Podolyak said talks were on hold. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov on Wednesday accused Kyiv authorities of not wanting to continue talks to end hostilities, according to the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine forces continued Saturday to fend off barrages of shelling from Russia in several cities in the eastern Donbas region.<\/p>\n<p>At least 12 civilians were killed in the city of Severodonetsk, where thousands are still holed up amid constant artillery fire,<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-despite-the-constant-artillery-fire-thousands-of-civilians-still-remain-in-severodonetsk-12616959\"> Sky News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Russians are wiping out Sevierodonetsk like Mariupol.\u201d Luhansk governor Serhiy Hajday said in a post on Telegram, according to multiple reports. <\/p>\n<p>The city is normally home to about 100,000 people. It\u2019s unclear how many civilians are left but it\u2019s believed several thousand remain, including many elderly who refuse to abandon their homes.<\/p>\n<p>About 50 miles west of Sevierodonetsk, the town of Sviatohirsk was shelled by Russian forces in the early morning Saturday, Donetsk Oblast Governor told the Kyiv Independent, destroying the local school.  <\/p>\n<p>The school was built in 2016 with help from the UN and Japan, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DefenceU\/status\/1527978452082741249\">tweet sharing video of the building reduced to rubble<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Separately, Russia\u2019s Gazprom stopped delivering gas to Finland. The shutdown comes days after Finland and Sweden applied for admission into NATO.<\/p>\n<p>Russia claimed it was cutting off the fuel deliveries because Finland refused to pay in rubles, which it demanded because of Western sanctions.<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.slack.com\/archives\/DV49F4V7B\/p1653139925948959\"><\/p>\n<p><em>With Post Wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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