US Senate approves aid to Ukraine
24 April 2024 10:02
The upper house of the US Congress, the Senate, has supported a bill to help Ukraine, Komersant Ukrainskyi 
reports.
The bill to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan received 79 votes in favour. 17 senators voted against.
Thus, the document has already been approved by both chambers of the US parliament.
Now it must be signed by US President Joseph Biden.
As a reminder, on 20 April, the US House of Representatives voted to provide $60.84 billion in military aid to Ukraine. A third of these funds, namely $23.2 billion, will remain in the United States and will be spent on replenishing US stockpiles.
Where the rest of the money will be spent:
- $13.8 billion for the purchase of advanced weapons systems, defence products and defence services for Ukraine;
- 11.3 billion – for ongoing US military operations in Europe;
- $26 million for continued oversight and accountability of the assistance provided to Ukraine.
Also, under this bill, Ukraine will receive a loan of $7.85 billion in direct financial assistance to the state budget. The US president will have the right to cancel this loan, but only after the US elections scheduled for 5 November 2024.
In addition, the bill obliges the US president to immediately transfer long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine. However, the president has the right to refuse if this transfer could harm US national security.
