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US Aid Shows Ukraine Will Not Be 'Second Afghanistan': Zelensky

Ukrainian forces fire at Russian troops with a 155 mm self-propelled howitzer 2C22 "Bohdana" in the Kharkiv region, on April 21, 2024 (Credit: AFP)

The decision by the US House of Representatives to earmark $61 billion in long-delayed aid for Ukraine shows the country will not become "a second Afghanistan," President Volodymyr Zelensky said Sunday.

The House on Saturday approved the latest massive package of military and economic assistance for Ukraine as it struggles to hold off Russian forces more than two years since Moscow invaded its Eastern European neighbor.

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