The American Congress follows Joe Biden on his unwavering support in Kyiv and works for release of a colossal new pnearly $ 40 billion for Ukraine, while the first vote on the adoption of this package may take place later today.
These funds will allow Ukraine to be equipped with tanksνα strengthen its air defenses and fight cyber attacks at a time when fighting is still raging in the eastern and southern parts of the country.
Many billions of dollars are also planned to ensure “the continuation of the Ukrainian democratic institutionsAs well as a great deal of humanitarian aid.
Since the start of the war, Washington has already promised or delivered to Kyiv weapons and ammunition worth more than $ 3.7 billion And in March, Congress approved $ 13.6 billion in humanitarian, financial and military assistance to Ukraine by the end of September. Biden is urging Congress to approve a $ 33 billion aid package, of which $ 20 billion will go to military aid.
But on Monday night, Democratic and Republican leaders have agreed to go one step further, reaching a compromise on a $ 40 billion package equivalent to Cameroon’s 2020 GDP.
Elected members of the House of Representatives may give their consent to this budget as early as tonight, before the vote in the Senate at the end of the week or at the beginning of the following week.
«Approving this emergency funding quickly is essential to helping the Ukrainian people in their fight against the ruthless Putin.“, Insisted today the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Sumer. He stressed that the US has “moral obligation“To stand next to”our friends in Ukraine».
Adoption of this package is rare in a Congress that is so full of political controversy: these measures enjoy widespread cross-party support.
In a statement yesterday, the US president urged Congress to vote “immediately” on such funding. talking about urgency.
The head of the US intelligence services, Avril Haynes warned today at a congressional hearing that Putin prepares for protracted war in Ukraine, plans to reduce Western support for Kyiv. The Russian president “probably counts on a weakening of the resolve of the United States and the European Union when food shortages and rising energy prices worsenHe warned.
However, according to Biden, the resources provided by the US to help Ukraine will be exhausted within ten days. «We can not allow the distribution of aid to stop pending a decision by Congress“, he said.
These funds must also allow Americans to replenish their own stockpiles of weapons.
A traditional ally of US presidents, Congress has already released almost $ 14 billion for the crisis in Ukraine in mid-Marchafter hearing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky compare the war in his country to the darkest hours of American history, Pearl Harbor and the 9/11 attacks.
THE Joe Bidenwho regularly expresses his desire to lead the great struggle of democracies against authoritarian regimes, signed a law yesterday Monday activates a Roosevelt-era measure to accelerate deliveries of military equipment to Kyiv, talking about “Another important tool in our efforts to support the government and people of Ukraine in their struggle to defend their country and democracy in this barbaric war of (Russian President Vladimir Putin)».
Once limited to weapons considered defensive, Washington now sends artillery, helicopters and drones to the Ukrainian military, whose soldiers are being trained to use those weapons in the United States or third countries before returning to the front.
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