Zelensky Thanks Biden for ‘Another $725 Million Security Aid Package’
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has personally thanked U.S. President Joe Biden for supplying Kyiv with another “security aid package” worth $725 million.
“Sincerely grateful to [the President of the United States and] the [American] people for providing another $725 mln security aid package,” the Ukrainian head of state said in a message posted on the Twitter microblogging site.
“We will receive, in particular, much-needed rounds for HIMARS and artillery,” he added.
“A wonderful gift for [Ukrainian] Defenders’ Day! The Russian aggressor will be defeated, [Ukraine] will be free!”
HIMARS, more properly the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, manufactured by Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, is reported to have been something of a gamechanger on the Ukrainian battlefield, allowing Ukrainain forces to at least partly overcome what had been a significant artillery disadvantage versus the Russians and strike targets including munitions dumps well behind enemy lines.
The Wall Street Journal, which was permitted to embed with a HIMARS unit, reported earlier in October that HIMARS was “responsible for 70 per cent of military advances on the Kherson front”, citing unit commander Lt. Valentyn Koval — but the claim has not been independently verified.
Kherson, a region north of the Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, fell to Russian forces in the early stages of their all-out invasion in February, a rare point of relative success compared to the failed offensive out of Belarus toward Kyiv (Kiev) and their later grinding, now faltering efforts in Donbas. It was formally annexed to the Russian Federation along with three other occupied regions at the end of September following largely unrecognised referendums.
Now, a Ukrainian counter-offensive is threatening to drive Russia out of much of Kherson, with Russian-backed officials in the regional capital, also called Kherson, moving to evacuate residents to Russia proper before the Ukrainians can arrive.
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PHOTO – CBP Seizes Pumpkins Filled with $402K Worth of Meth in Condoms: ‘Not a Gourd Hiding Spot’
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Eagle Pass, Texas, recently found Halloween decorations filled with a large amount of methamphetamine.
“On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, CBP officers assigned to Eagle Pass Camino Real International Bridge encountered a 2012 Ford Escape arriving from Mexico. A CBP officer referred the vehicle for further inspection,” the agency said in a press release Wednesday.
Following another examination, officers found nearly 44 pounds of alleged liquid methamphetamine inside 136 condoms hidden within four pumpkins that had been placed in the car.
“CBP OFO seized the narcotics, vehicle and turned the driver and passenger over to the custody of Maverick County Sheriff’s Office deputies for further investigation,” the agency continued.
A photo showed an official holding one of the gourds open to reveal its contents:
Methamphetamine is described as a powerful and highly addictive substance that affects a person’s central nervous system, according to WebMD.
“There is no legal use for methamphetamine. It is a manufactured substance that causes an immediate euphoric reaction,” the site read, adding that side effects include paranoia, rotting teeth, “thinning body,” stroke, and death.
In September, border protection officers in Del Rio seized over 1,300 pounds of methamphetamine as it was being smuggled across the port of entry from Mexico into Texas, Breitbart News reported.
“The drugs represent the largest seizure of methamphetamine in the history of the Del Rio Port of Entry,” the outlet said, adding the estimated value of the drugs was $11.9 million.
A photo showed the drugs stacked on a long metal table:
Meanwhile, the White House claimed in August that President Joe Biden (D) was successful in securing the nation’s border even though there has been a record number of drug overdoses under his leadership, and migrants continued flooding the country, according to Breitbart News.
“In 2021, more than 107,000 Americans died from drug overdoses, a record number in the United States, up 15 percent from the previous year,” the outlet said at the time. “Under Biden’s presidency, 4.9 million migrants have crossed the border since he took office.”
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