LIVE UPDATES: US to Continue Sending Aid to Ukraine, Blinken Says After Classified Senate Briefing

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said Moscow had sent proposals to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with specific parameters for creating a security zone around the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP), they are being considered by the agency.

"We proposed to the agency a solution to the problem of creating a security zone with specific parameters, these proposals are under consideration by the agency, they are a subject of discussion," Ryabkov said in an interview with the Izvestiya daily.

There is enough bipartisan support to continue providing assistance to Ukraine, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said after a classified briefing with the US Senate.

"I came away from this very strongly convinced of the ongoing strong support that we're getting on a bipartisan basis," Blinken said as quoted by reporters on Wednesday.

In October, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy pledged that if Republicans obtain a majority in the lower chamber, Ukraine would not get a “blank check” for aid, citing concerns about a recession. Following the statement, US President Joe Biden said he worried about the future of congressional support to continue providing aid to Ukraine.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell previously said a Republican majority in the upper chamber will focus on ensuring timely delivery of weapons to Ukraine, as well as greater allied assistance.

The latest version of the NDAA under consideration by Congress would authorize $800 million in additional aid to Ukraine, $500 million more than US President Joe Biden requested.

Ukraine had filed an application instituting proceedings with the United Nations court, based in the Hague, on February 26, two days after the start of Russia's military operation in the country.

"I think it would be very important," Greminger said.

The Russian Defense Ministry stated that a strike targeting a munition depot in the ArcelorMittal metallurgical plant in the city of Krivoy Rog eliminated more than 70 HIMARS missiles and destroyed two rocket launchers. At the same time, four more launchers received critical damage.