The White House In Thursday condemned "credible" reports that Russian soldiers are holding staff of the Chernobyl nuclear waste storage facility hostage.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said the US is "outraged" and requests their release.

US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi In Thursday said lawmakers want to provide Ukraine with $600 million for "lethal defense weapons" to battle Russia's attack against the country."What we're doing with Ukraine is making sure that we have humanitarian assistance to help the people that we have lethal defense weapons going into Ukraine to the tune of $600 million for them to fight their own fight," she told reporters in San Francisco, according to the Reuters news agency.

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Danny Ayalon, former Israeli ambassador to Washington, referred in an interview with Galei Tzahal to the speech of US President Joe Biden."I saw yesterday a very indecisive president who wants the US to be left alone, all he thinks about is the mid-November elections. He understands that the American public does not want to intervene, he turns his back In the international community - and that is the result," Ayalon said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this morning that Russian forces have stopped their progress in most directions.

Israeli Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky referred in an interview with Reshet Bet to the possibility of the Israeli embassy moving to Poland."We are in a kind of shelter, there is a siren sounding now, the moment when we will have to leave is approaching. The situation does not look good. It is possible to set up a consular service station near the border," Brodsky said.

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The International Court of Justice in The Hague refers to the war in Ukraine, "We are following developments with concern in Ukraine, we will investigate any war crime or crime against humanity that will be committed there."