Five missing as US Navy helicopter:
Search and rescue operations were underway for five crew members missing after a US Navy helicopter crashed into the sea off the coast of California, the US Pacific Fleet said on Tuesday.
One crew member had been rescued but five were missing, the navy fleet said in a statement.
The MH-60S helicopter took off from the USS Abraham Lincoln during "routine flight operations" about 60 nautical miles off the coast of San Diego at 4:30 pm (2330 GMT), the fleet said.
"Search and rescue operations are ongoing with multiple Coast Guard and Navy air and surface assets," it added.
The package features $60 million worth of newly designated military aid, including Javelin anti-tank missiles, small arms and ammunition. Biden informed Congress late last week of his intent to release the funds to help Ukraine defend its eastern border against Russian-backed separatists.
Another $45 million will be in the form of humanitarian assistance to Ukrainians impacted by the separatists' guerilla war, said a White House official who requested anonymity to preview the visit.
In the fight against Covid-19, the U.S. will announce $12.8 million in additional assistance to Ukraine, on top of the $55 million in Covid-related aid the Biden administration has already provided, the official said.
Zelensky's meeting with Biden comes as the White House confronts dueling crises at home and abroad.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, more than a million residents still lacked electricity early Wednesday in the wake of Hurricane Ida.
Overseas, a humanitarian and border crisis looms as the Biden administration ramps up a mammoth effort to try to process and resettle tens of thousands of Afghan refugees airlifted out of the country as part of the U.S. military withdrawal.
Zelensky was originally scheduled to meet with Biden on Monday, but his visit was pushed back so that it could receive "the attention it deserves," the White House official said.
When the two leaders sit down on Wednesday, Zelensky will be looking for assurances from Biden that American support for his country remains steadfast as Ukraine enters the seventh year of a guerilla war with Russia.
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