US Capitol Building. File photoWASHINGTON, May 11The U.S. House of Representatives approved an unprecedented nearly $40 billion additional aid package for Ukraine, voting results show. Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden announced the extra money Kyiv. At the same time, the head of state recalled that the funds allocated by Congress for such assistance were practically exhausted, and called on lawmakers to «immediately» approve the request sent earlier by his administration to provide Ukraine with new $33 billion. At the same time, as major American media wrote earlier, following internal discussions Congressional leaders reached an agreement on the allocation of $39.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, which is almost $7 billion more than the amount requested by the US President. According to various publications, the expanded package includes an additional 3.4 billion for military assistance and the same amount for humanitarian aid. Along with this, as noted, the proposal for funding for the fight against coronavirus, which the Democrats wanted to include in the overall package, will now be considered separately. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special operation to denazify and demilitarize Ukraine. As Vladimir Putin stressed, its goal is «to protect people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The agency called the liberation of Donbass the main goal of the operation.
