U.S. Senate approves bill on defense budget which envisages $3.4 bln to deter Russian aggression
The upper house of the U.S. Congress - the Senate on December 8 adopted a bill on the allocation of funds to the Defense Department in the next fiscal year, and approved the expenditure "to deter Russian aggression" and military assistance to Ukraine.
The document on the financing of national defense was proposed by Senator John McCain and sent to U.S. President Barack Obama.
According to U.S. media, the total size of the country's military budget next year will be $611 billion. Some 92 senators voted to support the bill, seven voted against it.
The U.S. defense budget envisages $3.4 billion in 2017 to reassure its NATO allies and to deter Russian aggression.
According to the Voice of America, the total amount of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in 2017 is planned at $350 million.
Advertising
Advertising
MORE ABOUT
New EU sanctions will apply to supplies of manganese ore and aluminum oxide to Russia – Latvian authorities
21:07, 03.05.2024
NATO issues statement condemning Russia’s hybrid activities
20:59, 02.05.2024
Enemy surveillance complex Murom-M hit by UAV strikes in village of Belgorod region
20:47, 02.05.2024
Foreign agents bill incompatible with Georgian people's aspirations for Euro-Atlantic future - U.S. ambassador to Georgia
20:06, 02.05.2024
UZ becomes target of mass attacks by Russians: Three railway workers killed in Donetsk region
20:10, 25.04.2024
LATEST
Kuleba congratulates Estonian MP Kristo Enn Vaga, who arrived in Kyiv from Tallinn on bicycle
13:43, 04.05.2024
USAID announces $60 mln aid package for Ukraine's agricultural sector – Dpty Administrator
12:56, 04.05.2024
G7 considering plan to provide $50 bln in aid to Ukraine, initiated by USA
12:53, 04.05.2024
Klitschko: there cannot be strong, democratic and safe Europe without Ukraine as equal partner
12:07, 04.05.2024
Ukraine's army liquidates 1,260 occupiers in one day – General Staff