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US lawmakers close to agreeing £49bn of long-delayed military funds for kyiv
Daily Express
|April 20, 2024
US lawmakers will try to push through a £49 billion arms and aid package for Ukraine tonight, ending a seven-month deadlock as Russian troops make gains.
But the funds are threatened by America's convoluted partisan politics, with isolationist Republicans voting against military support amid a bitter fight for control of their party.
America's long-running failure to approve an aid package has hindered Ukraine's ability to fight the Russian invasion, with dwindling ammunition and air defence missile supplies.
Abandoning Ukraine could also send a message to Russia and China that the US does not fulfil its promises to support allies, encouragfurther ing incursions across the globe.
Aid for Ukraine has been a ticking time bomb since August 2023, when President Joe Biden called for Congress to renew its military and humanitarian support, only for Republican in-fighting to sabotage the deal.
A Ukraine aid bill that included provisions to strengthen US border security was killed in early February by Senate Republicans at the urging of former president Donald Trump.
This story is from the April 20, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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