After weeks of Russian advances, there are three areas where Ukraine could now strengthen its defences.
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Speaker Mike Johnson will hold four separate votes in the House after US assistance previously languished in a divided Congress
The Senate, in a bipartisan super-majority, overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure, which Joe Biden is expected to signThe US Senate voted resoundingly on Tuesday to approve $95bn in aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, as a bipartisan super-majority united to send the long-stalled package to Joe Biden’s desk for signature. The final vote was 79 to 18.The bill easily cleared a key procedural hurdle earlier in the day. The Senate overwhelmingly voted to advance the measure in a step hailed by...
Pro-Kremlin media and Russian officials claim America is "getting dragged into" a war it will lose.
The decision by the US House of Representatives to earmark $61 billion in long-delayed aid for Ukraine shows the country will not become “a second Afghanistan,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday. The House on Saturday approved the latest massive package of military and economic assistance for Ukraine as it struggles to hold off Russian forces […]
Russian leader Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov has claimed that the US aid to Ukraine approved by the House of Representatives “will kill more Ukrainians” and enrich the United States. He also warned that the United States “will have to answer for the confiscation of frozen assets of the Russian Federation”.
In an interview aired on US television he said that more weapons would help Ukraine to regain the initiative, especially with the delivery of long-range missiles. A soldier in the Ukrainian army told the BBC from the frontline that: “It is better now if we let them attack and we defend but when we get the shells, drones and whatever else from this package we can turn things around.” The aid package was approved overwhelmingly as Democrats and Republicans united to ensure that the deal sailed...
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has said that if the Senate approves the Ukraine aid bill, US$49.9 billion of the almost US$61 billion total will go towards defence spending.
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman said the U.S. passing new aid for Ukraine in its fight against Russia would give the Eastern European country a “big boost of morale” in Friday comments. “I think the U.S. coming through with aid is going to be critical,” Vindman said in an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell
Ukrainian Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba reiterated on Thursday that his country has no "Plan B" for acquiring additional military aid from the United States.After months of delays, the House of Representatives is finally bringing a foreign aid spending package to a floor vote on Saturday, which includes a $60.84 billion measure to support Ukraine's defense against Russia. The bill has received support from both sides of the aisle, including House Speaker Mike Johnson, although some...
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