About 1 billion dollars to Ukraine - Senate committee approved aid.

The US Senate Appropriations Committee has approved a bill for military spending allocating approximately 1 billion dollars to support Ukraine. This happened on Thursday, July 31.

The committee approved an allocation of 852 billion dollars for the Pentagon for the fiscal year, which is 21.7 billion more than requested by US President Donald Trump. Of this amount, 800 million dollars is earmarked for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) and 225 million dollars for the Baltic Security Initiative. However, most of the funds will go to support Ukraine.

Reuters noted that this aid was included despite the Trump administration's request to exclude it from the budget request. The bill will be put to a vote by the entire US Senate.

Recall that Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Lisa Murkowski proposed a bill for 54.6 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine in the coming years. However, this initiative may face opposition from Republicans.

Recently, the US government agency for defense cooperation also announced the provision of military assistance to Ukraine. Details on this can be read .

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The US Senate has determined the allocation of funds to support Ukraine despite opposition from the president's administration. This is an important step in strengthening the country's defense capability amid geopolitical challenges in Eastern Europe.