Rublican senator J.D. Vance admits he is being called a Putin stooge and instead of explaining why he thinks he isn't one, starts talking about Iraq 😂

https://www.youtube.com/live/kTUUIAwyRuw?si=59daTGiYKkMaFQlc

Republican Lindsey Graham asks the senators to vote for the foreign aid package to help Israel against Iran. Subsequently, he also noted that in his view Ukraine is a vital interest for the US 👍👍

Lindsey now uses sophisticated rhetoric in an attempt to flip MAGA 😂

Just now a crazy cat lady was speaking. She said she wants to vote yes, but doesn't want to pay for the aid package, so she will vote no

BTW the cats are AI, but you could literally see them in your inner eye when you were listening to her

The voting is not finished, but has already progressed to a point where the foreign aid package has a clear 2/3 majority.

Oops this vote was only about the application of the budget act

This is going to be a long night

The Senate is going through the motions...
But after the previously stated voting result, everything is just a formality now.

The bill passed already and will be signed by Biden latest tomorrow.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/04/23/politics/senate-vote-foreign-aid/index.html

Biden will sign the foreign aid bill tomorrow, and then the material will quickly start flowing from German soil and other locations

Governor of the Lipetsk region (Russia):

“A UAV crashed in an industrial zone of the city of Lipetsk. There are no casualties. Law enforcement officers are working at the scene of the incident.”

Residents of Lipetsk report that the Novolipetsk Metallurgical Plant (NLMK) has been attacked.

The plant was already attacked by UAVs in February.

A refinery burns in the Smolensk region (Russia) after a UAV attack

Message from Russian officials:
“In all likelihood, as a result of an enemy attack on civilian fuel and energy facilities, fires occurred in the Smolensk and Yartsevo districts. The Ministry of Emergency Situations is eliminating the consequences on the spot. I ask you to remain calm and not to panic,” the governor wrote.

Local residents report that an oil refinery near the villages of Razdoro and Prigorskoye is on fire and publish a video. At least 4-5 explosions are reported.

The leadership of the 115th Mechanized Infantry Brigade is entirely to blame for the failure of the village’s defense. Ocheretino, allowing significant losses in killed, wounded and missing, - DeepState
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At the same time, officer of the 59th Mechanized Brigade Sergei Tsekhotsky said that fighting continues in the Ocheretinoye area, the situation is under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
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UK to send Paveway IV laser-guided precision bombs to Ukraine - The Telegraph

The aircraft bomb carries a 500-pound high-explosive warhead and uses GPS and laser guidance for precise targeting.

The bombs can be installed on American-made F-16 fighters, or on old Soviet-era aircraft.