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.
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