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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

US House Approves $40 Bn in Ukraine Aid

Emergency services work at a site of a shopping center destroyed by shelling amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, May 10, 2022. (Reuters)

US lawmakers voted Tuesday to send a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine, as Congress races to keep military aid flowing and boost the government in Kyiv as it grapples with the Russian invasion.

The defense, humanitarian and economic funding passed the House of Representatives by 368 votes to 57, with the two parties' leaders having already reached an agreement on the details. It will likely pass the Senate by the end of the week or next week.

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