US Senate Passes $39.8 Billion Ukraine Aid Bill

Daily Mail: Senate PASSES bill to send $40billion in aid to Ukraine: 11 Republicans vote against legislation now heading to Biden's desk

* The measure brings the total U.S. funding of the conflict to $54 million in two months

* The bill passed 86-11 but a handful of Republican objectors complained that there were more pressing problems at home to tend to and

* They also said the funding did not have adequate oversight

* Biden is expected to quickly sign the bill, as he and Ukraine sounded the alarm that the nation would run out of aid by Thursday if Congress did not act

In a largely bipartisan vote the Senate passed a bill Thursday to provide $40 billion more in aid to Ukraine as the war with Russia stretches on into its fourth month.

The measure brings the total U.S. funding of the conflict to $54 million in two months.

The bill passed 86-11, where a handful of Republican objectors complained that there were more pressing problems at home to tend to and the funding did not have adequate oversight.

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WNU Editor: More evidence on how desperate the situation is becoming in Ukraine .... Biden Unveils $100 Million More In Weapons To Ukraine Literally Moments After $40BN Approved (Zero Hedge)

US Senate Passes $39.8 Billion Ukraine Aid Bill

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Senate passes $40 billion Ukraine aid package -- The Hill

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