Here is a summary of today's main developments
US president, Joe Biden, warns there’s “not much time” to keep US money flowing to Ukraine and has urged Congress to “stop the games, get to work”. In remarks broadcast online, he told Ukrainians his message on future aid was, “we’re going to get it done.”
The absence of provisions for aid to Ukraine in a recent US stopgap bill should not be construed as a change in the nation’s support for Ukraine, multiple Ukrainian officials have said.
Britain wants to move more training and production of military equipment into Ukraine, the UK defence secretary, Grant Shapps, told the Sunday Telegraph.
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former leader, responded to Shapps’ comments by saying that moving training and production into Ukrainian territory would “turn your instructors into legal targets for our armed forces.
Around Russia, mourners gathered to pay respects to the Wagner mercenary leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who was killed in an unexplained plane crash 40 days ago.
Ukraine’s foreign affairs minister, Dmytro Kuleba, has said Russia makes a mistake if it thinks it can “wait out” military aid for Ukraine.
Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, he said: “Ukraine will only get stronger, and Russian aggression will fail.
“We are not just bringing weapons to Ukraine. We are ramping up domestic production and co-production with partners in Nato and beyond.”
Russia makes a mistake if it thinks it can “wait out” military aid for Ukraine. Ukraine will only get stronger, and Russian aggression will fail. We are not just bringing weapons to Ukraine. We are ramping up domestic production and co-production with partners in NATO and beyond. pic.twitter.com/mljxtPNKX6
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) October 1, 2023
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