Plus, weapon shipments are heading to Ukraine after President Joe Biden signed a highly anticipated $95bn foreign aid bill. The FT News Briefing is produced by Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino.
The U.S. will provide Ukraine with a $1 billion military aid package, the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on April 26 before the beginning of the U.S.-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) meeting,
Ukrainian officials Wednesday expressed thanks for $61 billion in new U.S. military aid that threw Kyiv's armed forces a lifeline in their more than two-year war with Russia, even though the supplies aren't expected to have an immediate impact on the battlefield.
Congress has approved $60 billion in military aid for Ukraine. Here's a look at what it it's likely to include and how it might reshape the battlefield.