WASHINGTON, March 10 (Reuters) – The US House of Representatives on Wednesday approved $ 13.6 billion (12. 12.3 billion) in emergency aid to Ukraine, as well as a $ 1,500 billion federal funding bill to avoid partial closure. Of administrations (“shutdown”).
The Senate is now due to conclude speeches by Friday, before the current federal funding expires at midnight.
Assistance to Ukraine is aimed at strengthening its military and providing humanitarian assistance to civilians, including the 1.5 million refugees who have already fled abroad.
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said the $ 13.6 billion would be only part of the aid to Ukraine.
“We all need to do more to help Ukraine in the coming weeks and months,” Nancy Pelosi told reporters, referring to the United States and its allies NATO. (David Morgan, Magini Bryce, Richard Cowan and Susan Heavy with Shubham Galia; French version by Camille Renaud)
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