With an overwhelming vote, the $61 billion in aid for Ukraine passed in a matter of minutes. Many Democrats cheered on the House floor and waved Ukrainian flags. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky, who had warned that his country would lose the war without US funding, said that he was grateful for the decision of US lawmakers.

What’s in package

Poll

Who will win the Punjab Elections?

BJP 32.86%

AAP 41.43%

INC 25.71%

Submit

View All In Poll

>> About $61 billion for Ukraine and replenishing US weapons stockpiles. Amount provided for purchase of weapons is $13.8 billion. Ukraine would receive more than $9 billion of assistance in the form of “forgivable loans”.

>> About $26 billion for supporting Israel and providing humanitarian relief for Gaza. About $4 billion of that for replenishing Israel’s missile defence systems. More than $9 billion of total for humanitarian assistance in Gaza.

>> About $8 billion for helping US allies in Indo-Pacific region and countering China. Over $3.3 billion for submarine infrastructure, with $1.9 billion to replenish U.S. weapons provided to Taiwan and other regional allies.

This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed, agencies. Mid-day accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability, trustworthiness, reliability and data of the text. Mid-day management/mid-day.com reserves the sole right to alter, delete or remove (without notice) the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever