An aid deal of $95 billion has been signed by US President Joe Biden for Taiwan, Israel, and Ukraine.
After the bill was signed into law, he declared, “It’s going to make America safer, it’s going to make the world safer.” In order to support Kyiv in rebuffing Russian advances, the president declared that the US would “right away” provide more arms and equipment to Ukraine. After months of congressional impasse, he spoke the day after the aid package was approved by the US Senate.
As Russia continues to advance in its invasion, Ukraine has recently increased its requests for help from the West. $61 billion in military assistance for Ukraine is part of the plan. The Senate approved it by a bipartisan vote of 79–18.
The approval on Tuesday night followed the measure’s passage on Saturday through the US House of Representatives.
“After more than six months of hard work and many twists and turns in the road, America sends a message to the entire world: we will not turn our back on you,” stated Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, responded to the vote by saying it “reinforces America’s role as a beacon of democracy and leader of the free world”.
A similar aid plan was approved by the Senate in February, but it was not put to a vote in the House of Representatives due to opposition from conservatives on fresh funding for Ukraine.
Republicans and Democrats in the lower house banded together last week to get around this opposition.
