made the correlation between battlefield losses in ukraine, arguing that that was because they weren't getting the funding that they needed and putting the responsibility squarely at the feet of republicans in congress. now over the course of time, white house officials have been in touch with members of congress and congressional staff working furiously behind the scenes to see this through. and the president saturday applauding that it has now happened and hoping that it crosses the finish line soon. so aid can get to ukraine swiftly. priscilla alvarez cnn washington for more analysis. >> we're joined by andrew. so go former ukrainian defense minister who now leads the think tank center for defense strategies. and he joins this now from kyiv. thank you so much for being here with us so i was talking to a ukrainian mp yesterday. you told me that there'll be more people watching this votes in congress than anything in the ukrainian parliament. so talk to me about the sense of relief among ukrainians today.