the American Senate in turn validates the aid of 61 billion dollars granted to kyiv

These funds are the result of months of acrimonious negotiations in Congress.

The US Senate adopted a $95 billion aid plan on Tuesday, April 23, which includes funds for Israel, Taiwan and an ultimatum to TikTok. But most of the sum approved by the Upper House will be allocated to a new package of military and economic assistance for Ukraine, amounting to $61 billion. These funds are the result of months of acrimonious negotiations, the Ukrainian president’s comings and goings in Washington, and pressure from allies around the world.

“Finally, finally, finally. Tonight, after more than six months of hard work, and many twists and turns, America sends a message to the world: we will not turn our backs on you.”, applauded the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, Chuck Schumer. President Joe Biden immediately announced that he would promulgate the text, adopted a few days earlier in the House of Representatives, the other chamber of the American Congress. “I will sign this bill and address the American people as soon as it hits my desk [mercredi]so we can start sending weapons and equipment to Ukraine this week”did he declare.

Aid to Taiwan and Israel

On social networks, his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky said “grateful to the United States Senate for approving vital aid to Ukraine.” The adoption of this aid plan is a relief for the Ukrainian army, faced with a shortage of new recruits and ammunition, in the face of constant pressure from Russian troops in the East. American military assistance, interrupted for several weeks, should resume by “the next days”the Pentagon spokesperson said on Tuesday.

Among the other parts of the grand plan: new military aid of several billion dollars for Israel, at war with Hamas, despite the international community’s concerns about the fate of civilians in Gaza. More than 9 billion dollars are planned to respond to the “urgent need for humanitarian aid” of “vulnerable populations around the world”and $8 billion to stand up to China militarily and help Taiwan.

It also provides for the ban on TikTok in the United States, unless the social network cuts its ties with its parent company ByteDance, and more broadly with China. The video platform is accused of allowing Beijing to spy on and manipulate its 170 million users in the United States. However, its potential ban risks being challenged in court.