The US Senate on Thursday approved by a large majority new aid to Ukraine amounting to nearly $40 billion, making the White House the next leg of a bill for President Joe Biden to sign into law, with Washington insisting the flow of military aid to Ukraine continues after nearly three months. from the Russian invasion.
The Senate voted in favor of a military, economic and humanitarian aid package for Ukraine with 86 votes in favour, 11 against, all of whom were from the Republican Party.
This aid is the largest US aid package to Ukraine to date.
The strong bipartisan support for the order shows lawmakers' desire to support the war effort in Ukraine without sending any US troops.
Biden said approval of the bill meant ensuring that US funding to Ukraine would not be cut off.
"I applaud Congress for sending this powerful bipartisan message to the world that the people of the United States stand strong with the brave people of Ukraine as they defend their democracy and freedom," he said in a statement.
A top aide to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US Senate on Thursday, saying it would help ensure Russia's defeat.
"We are moving towards victory with confident and measured steps. We thank our allies," Andrei Yermak, Ukraine's chief of staff, said in an online post minutes after the vote.
And when Biden signs the supplemental spending bill into law, the total approved US aid to Ukraine will well exceed $50 billion since the Russian invasion began on February 24.