The US Congress approves $61 billion worth of aid to Ukraine / Article

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Senate Democratic Majority Leader Chuck Schumer emphasized that after more than six months of hard work and many twists and turns, America is sending a message that it will not turn its back on the world.

Republican minority leader Mitch McConnell also called this a very important day in the history of the country and the free world, so it is not surprising that “for” was an overwhelming majority of senators.

The package includes military aid to Israel and Taiwan, as well as humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, Sudan and Haiti, but the biggest interest is in arms supplies to Ukraine.

The Pentagon press secretary announced yesterday that

Kyiv’s aid can be received within a few days, while CNN previously reported that some of the planned armaments have already been delivered to warehouses in Germany and Poland.

In less than a week, vehicles, missiles, ammunition, including artillery shells and other weapons that can be used immediately on the battlefield could be delivered to Ukraine. US media reports that ATACMS missiles could already be included in this package.

CONTEXT:

On Saturday, April 20, the US House of Representatives voted on a bill to provide long-delayed aid to Ukraine. After the approval of the House of Representatives, the bills were sent to the Senate as a single package. Senators promised not to delay in supporting the bills and President Joe Biden has also promised to sign them urgently.

The support in the lower house of Congress has cleared the biggest obstacle to Biden’s request for funding for aid to Ukraine, which the president first raised in October as Ukraine’s arms stockpile began to run out.

The United States has long supported Ukraine in its war against Russia, but the House Republican faction has more critical members who objected to the amount of aid given to Ukraine. It was they who had delayed Washington’s support for Kyiv for months.

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