The Ukraine vote will be closely watched in Kyiv, which has warned of an urgent need for fresh support from its allies as Russia makes steady gains on the battlefield. If the House passes the bills, the Senate may approve the package as soon as this weekend.
STORY: With warmer weather setting in, Kyiv, which is lobbying Washington to release the delayed aid package amid shortages of men and ammunition, fears Russia is preparing a major offensive across the more than 1,
While the White House obsesses over Mideast crises, most European leaders are watching worriedly as the Kremlin takes advantage of Ukraine’s shortages.
The US House of Represenatives' approval on Saturday of a long-delayed $61-billion aid package for Ukraine will kill even more Ukrainians, the Kremlin said.
"From our intense work with both parties and committee approval of voting procedures today, I am cautiously optimistic this time," Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S., Oksana Markarova, told the Kyiv Independent on April 19.
With all eyes of Ukraine on tomorrow’s House vote on $61 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Kyiv’s drone army is bowing to political realities, shifting focus to Russian military targets from Russian oil refineries.
Rob Portman (AEI) and Andrew Futey (Ukrainian Congress Committee of America) argue that passing assistance for Ukraine serves US interests and is the right thing to do.