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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview with a U.S. broadcaster on April 21 that Russia wants to occupy Chasiv Yar in the Donetsk region before May 9, the day that Russia celebrates as Victory Day to mark the defeat of Germany in World War II.

U.S. President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call on April 22 that he will immediately sign legislation providing military aid as soon as it reaches his desk, and the aid will be dispatched quickly to Ukraine.

The United States may send additional military advisers to its embassy in Kyiv to advise and support the Ukrainian government and military, Pentagon spokesperson Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told VOA Monday.

The White House promises swift delivery of the approved $61 billion in aid to Ukraine as Russia's recent gains on the battlefield threaten Ukraine's defenses.

The Security Council met this afternoon on the situation in Haiti. Briefing the Council were María Isabel Salvador, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti; Ghada Waly, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; and Catherine Russell, Inter-Agency Principal Advocate for Haiti and Executive Director, United Nations Children's Fund.

U.S. officials are poised and ready to begin delivering needed military capabilities to Ukraine following passage of supplemental budget legislation by the House of Representatives Saturday, Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said today.

Large-scale military drills between the United States and the Philippines began on Monday, with a portion of this year's "Balikatan" exercise expected to take place for the first time in Manila's exclusive economic zone in the South China Sea - a move that could anger Beijing.

Israel's military announced Monday the resignation of the head of its intelligence directorate in response to the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.

Analysts say China's recent opening of two new air routes, with flight paths near two outlying islands controlled by Taiwan, is but the latest move in a broad campaign Beijing has rolled out ahead of the inauguration of Taiwan's president-elect, Lai Ching-te.

There took place a drill on April 22 to operate super-large multiple rocket units that are to play an important role in substantially strengthening the prompt counterattack capacity of the state nuclear force and raising a war deterrent under the state's nuclear weapon combined management system "Haekbangashoe" for the first time.

North Korea fired several rounds of short-range ballistic missiles toward its east coast on Monday, according to South Korea's military, three days after Pyongyang launched a strategic cruise missile to test a large warhead.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on April 22 in Islamabad in their first meeting since their countries exchanged missile strikes in February.

Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi says Iran and Pakistan have "inseparable" bonds and are determined to bolster their relations in different fields at all levels.

The spy chief of Israel's military has resigned after accepting responsibility for the failure to stop Hamas's unprecedented attack of October 7 last year.

Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar's Rakhine state were subjected to "ethnic cleansing" by security forces working with vigilante groups in 2023, says a report released by the United States on Monday.