The Senate committee on foreign relations advanced bipartisan legislation to increase U.S. military and strategic support to Ukraine amid escalating tensions with Russia.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee advanced a bill on Wednesday to deliver aid to Ukraine in its struggle with Russia and pressure companies helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that could deprive Kyiv of lucrative transit fees.
The Ukraine Security Partnership Act, which was approved by voice vote, authorizes $300 million in foreign military financing, of which $150 million would be subject to conditions. It needs to be passed in the full Senate and House of Representatives and signed by President Joe Biden to become law.
April 21, 2021 | Press Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Chris Murphy (D-CT), both members of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday applauded passage of the
Ukraine Security Partnership Act of 2021 (S. 814), which included their bipartisan amendment to provide $50 million in non-military assistance to Ukraine.
“This amendment provides critical support for Ukraine at an important time as Russian troops continue to flow to Ukraine’s eastern border, and the Ukrainian sovereign territory of Crimea”
said Portman.
“We must send every signal to Moscow and the international community that the United States stands with Ukraine, and this amendment does that by providing funding for a range of monetary and international assistance.
Ukraine Grateful for U.S. Military Aid Plan to Counter Russia Threat
On 4/22/21 at 5:40 AM EDT
Kyiv has welcomed a proposal by U.S. lawmakers to give it hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid amid heightened tensions at a growing Russian military threat on the Ukrainian border.
The U.S. senate foreign relations committee advanced a bill on Wednesday to deliver up to $300 million a year in military assistance to Kyiv until 2026.
The Ukraine Security Partnership Act comes as Russia has engaged in its biggest military buildup on its neighbor s doorstep since 2014, when Moscow annexed Crimea and backed separatists in the eastern Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.