2024-04-21 01:19:32
The United States House of Representatives approved this Saturday (04/20/2024) a $61 billion aid package for Ukraine, along with other foreign aid items out of a total of 95,000 million, 26,400 of which for Israel, after the bill remained stalled for months due to the blockchain on a group of radical Republican legislators. The House managed to pass the bill 311 to 112 in a session in which the Democrats praised and pressured the Ukrainian flags. After this the norm goes to the Senate, already voted in favor in February.
President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskywas warned that his country We would lose the war if this package was not approved, celebrated the vote and said on social media that “the vital bill” passed today “will stop the war from expanding, save thousands and thousands of lives, and help our two nations grow stronger.” “We hope that the bills will be supported in the Senate and that they will be sent to the desk of President Biden,” he said. “Thank you, America!” he said. The head of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, also celebrated the result of the vote, and oh Russia It was claimed that the new US aid to Ukraine will “kill even more Ukrainians.”
The United States is Ukraine’s main military backer in its war against Russia, but Congress has not approved large-scale additional funding for its ally for nearly a year and a half, largely because of disputes between different political factions. President Joe Biden, who approved last month a modest temporary aid package waiting for this vote, and Democratic lawmakers in Congress pushing for a new big package arms for Ukraine for months.
Biden praised lawmakers from both parties, who passed key aid bills for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan in quick succession, saying “at this critical turning point, they have come together to answer the call of history.” “This package will provide critical support to Israel and Ukraine; provide much-needed humanitarian aid to Gaza, Sudan, Haiti and elsewhere … and strengthen security and stability in the Indo-Pacific ,” Biden said in a statement.
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