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.
