The Senate of USA approved this Tuesday the package of 95 billion dollars (almost 89 billion euros) in military aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwanwhich would give the green light to sending the money after months of legislative blockade.
The measure was approved this Tuesday by 75 votes in favor and 20 against.
The Senate has put together in a single text four bills that the House of Representatives approved last Saturday.
On the one hand, 61,000 million dollars in military aid for Ukraine, another 26,400 for Israel and 8,100 for Taiwan.
A fourth bill seeks force Chinese ownership of TikTok to sell the company within a year if he does not want to face a ban in the United States.
“Finally, tonight, after more than six months of hard work“The United States sends a message to the entire world,” Chuck Schumer, Democratic leader in the US Senate, said after the vote.
According to Schumer, with this vote the US tells the world that “it will do everything possible to safeguard democracy.”
The Republican blockade of Ukraine
The White House It has been asking the Legislature for months for the joint approval of these military aid packages, but the opposition of Republican sectors to assistance to Ukraine has caused a long blockade.
A minority part of the Democratic group has opposed the aid package to Israel.
The attack of Iran to Israel two Saturdays ago caused the Republican leadership in the House of Representatives to lift its blockade on jointly approving foreign military aid packages.
now alone the signature of the president, Joe Biden, will be neededso that money and weapons begin to flow towards the Ukrainian trenches, which have been begging the United States for help in the face of the advance of Russian forces for months.
Biden spoke by phone on Monday with the president of Ukraine, Volodymir Zelensky, who after the call and in a message on the social network will include long range artillery.
Since Russia invaded Ukraine two years ago, The United States has channeled military aid for more than 75 billion dollars.
Zelensky’s thanks
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, This Wednesday morning he thanked the approval of the package of military aid to kyiv from the United States Senate valued at 61 billion dollars (about 57 billion euros), assistance that the Ukrainian Government has demanded for months due to the shortage of ammunition that has made it easier for Russia to gain ground.
“I am grateful to the United States Senate for approving vital aid to Ukraine. I thank Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumerand to the leader of the Republican minority, Mitch McConnell, for his strong leadership in drafting this bipartisan legislation, as well as to all the senators on both sides who have voted in favor,” Zelenski said on his website. social X, formerly Twitter.
In that sense, he has assured that This action “reinforces the role of the United States as a beacon of democracy” and as “leader of the free world”, and that will facilitate the reestablishment of peace by strengthening its military capabilities in artillery, long-range actions and air defense.
I am grateful to the United States Senate for approving vital aid to Ukraine today.
I thank Majority Leader Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell @LeaderMcConnell for their strong leadership in advancing this bipartisan legislation, as well as all US…
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) April 24, 2024
