One chamber of Congress has voted to give aid to Ukraine and introduce new sanctions against Russia.
House of Representatives, which is the one chamber in the US Congress, has voted on Friday night Danish time for a bill that will provide support to Ukraine and introduce new restrictions against Russia.
This is written by the Reuters news agency.
226 voted for the proposal, while 195 voted against the so-called “Ukraine Support Act”. 18 Republicans voted in favor, while all but one participating Democrat voted in favor.
According to Reuters, the poll shows that more Republicans are willing to defy the party leadership and go against President Donald Trump.
The bill was tabled several months ago, but the vote only became a reality after a petition in the House of Representatives had reached 218 signatures, thus giving a preponderance of politicians who wanted a vote.
The purpose of the proposal is to allocate more than one billion dollars for Ukraine’s security and reconstruction. It will also make it possible for Ukraine to take out a loan of eight billion dollars. This is written by the American news agency Associated Press (AP).
The passage comes a day after a small group of House Republicans joined with Democratic colleagues to pass a bill aimed at halting the war in Iran until it is approved by Congress.
The future of the bill on Ukraine and Russia is described by Reuters as uncertain.
To become a reality, the proposal must also be voted through in the Senate, which is the second chamber of the US Congress. Here, the Republican leadership under Trump has so far not allowed votes on Russian sanctions.
Should the bill be passed in the Senate anyway, President Trump will probably veto it, writes Reuters.
Many Republican and Democratic members of Congress expressed solid support for Ukraine in the first years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
Several of Trump’s closest associates in the Republican Party have become somewhat more reluctant to support him since Trump returned to the White House in January 2025.
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