Washington. May 21. INTERFAX - US President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Seoul, signed a "Bill on additional appropriations for Ukraine for 2022" on Saturday, the White House informs.
This document provides for the allocation of almost $40 billion to Ukraine in the 2022 fiscal year as urgent additional assistance.
The US Senate supported the $39.8 billion aid package to Ukraine by a majority vote on Thursday. 86 senators voted "for", 11 - "against".
The House of Representatives of the US Congress approved the bill last Tuesday. According to the results of the vote, 368 congressmen voted for and 57 against. All lawmakers who voted against the bill belong to the Republican Party.
On February 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. On February 24, Putin announced the start of a special military operation in Ukraine.
In response, many countries have imposed large-scale sanctions against Russia. A number of countries supply Ukraine with weapons and equipment.
On April 25, the head of the National Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, Mikhail Mizintsev, said that Russian troops control the entire Kherson region, parts of the Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Mykolaiv regions of Ukraine, a significant part of the territory of the DPR and LPR.
