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Deirdre Walsh

McConnell says the Senate will pass the largest Ukraine aid package yet on Wednesday

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who led a delegation of Senate Republicans to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Saturday said he expected the Senate to approve a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine on Wednesday.

McConnell said he supported adding Russia to the list of state sponsors of terrorism and would back holding a vote on the issue, but urged President Biden to do it on his own.

Speaking from Stockholm, McConnell also said he supported Finland and Sweden joining NATO: "I think the United States ought to be first in line to ratify the treaty for both these countries to join."

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