The US Congress approved the allocation of additional assistance to Ukraine in the amount of about $ 40 billion

According to TASS with reference to the C-SPAN broadcast, voting is still underway, but the initiative has already received enough votes for its approval.

Earlier, the United States completed the transfer to Ukraine of a batch of 155-mm M777 howitzers.

Prior to this, US President Joe Biden signed a law on the supply of weapons to Ukraine under Lend-Lease.