president volodymyr zelenskyy praised and thank members of the us house after the passage of that $95 billion foreign aid package that included close to 61 billion in ukraine aid zelenskyy said the decision to pass the bill, we'll save thousands sins of lives. every month long, resistance by house republicans, the aid package is seen by some as a turning point in ukraine's fight against russia. ukraine's foreign minister tells cnn the risk of a larger war in europe has fallen after the vote cnn's fred pleitgen joins us now from kyiv just give us an idea of how badly this aid and what the aid will buy is needed there on the battlefield well first of all victor, i think it was badly needed by a ukrainian and continues to be badly needed by the ukrainians. if you look at some of the situations on the battlefield, especially in the east of the country and in the south for the country, i would say right now the situation is still a stalemate, but certainly one where the