INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A Ukrainian drone strike overnight killed two people in Russia's frontier Belgorod region, its governor said early Saturday.A residential
Another building was severely damaged."As a result of the release of two explosive devices, a private residential building caught fire
Telegram."The son of the deceased managed to run out of the burning house at the last moment."Earlier, he reported another Ukrainian drone
strike on the village of Istobnoye, with no casualties.The governors of Kursk, Kaluga and Bryansk, all in western Russia, reported strikes
on their regions as well.The Defense Ministry said it intercepted 50 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 26 over the Belgorod region and
one over territory surrounding Moscow.Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia in recent weeks, targeting energy sites in
particular.With his country reliant on Western, primarily United States , military support to counter the Russian offensive, Ukrainian
President Volodymyr Zelensky has been frantically urging allies to accelerate the weapons supply to his struggling, outgunned forces.In the
United States, lawmakers will vote on Saturday over whether to unlock a long-delayed $61-billion military aid package that has been stymied
by political infighting.Zelensky has called it a "vitally important decision."
