Ukraine Latest: US Congress Approves $47 Billion in Ukraine Aid

Antony Blinken on Dec. 22. 

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The US Congress passed and sent to President Joe Biden a sweeping government funding bill that includes $47 billion for Ukraine.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the US commitment to stand with the government in Kyiv “for as long as it takes” is the best way to “improve the prospects of a just and durable peace” and “to actually advance the prospects for meaningful diplomacy.”