The US Senate Appropriations Committee has supported the draft defense budget for 2026, which provides for about $ 1 billion in aid to Ukraine, Reuters reports.
Despite the fact that US President Donald Trump did not include such funding in his budget request, funding, as the agency reports, was supported by both Democrats and Republicans.
The bill assumes that $ 800 million will go to the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), and $225 million to the Baltic Security Initiative. But, as Senator Chris Coons clarified, a significant part of the funds will still go to support Ukraine.
"I would say that Ukraine's support is a billion dollars," he said.
Despite the fact that at the beginning of his presidential term, Trump opposed financial support for Ukraine, recently he has increasingly mentioned that he is "disappointed" with the policy of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
In early July, he threatened with secondary duties of "about 100%" if there is no progress in the dialogue with Ukraine within 50 days. This deadline was supposed to expire on September 1, but later Trump reduced it to 10-12 days.
Deputy of the Kazakh parliament "washed" a gay man in court
Diesel fuel prices have risen to a record in France
Absolute record for 100 years: Republicans are fleeing Congress by the dozens
The runaway presenter of Channel One is preparing to launch his show on Israeli television
Rheinmetall was blown away: Ukrainians smeared Papperger for their drones
A strong failure was recorded in the MAX state messenger — it actually stopped working