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Newsday: 22/04/2024 05:06 GMT : Ukraine's president welcomes $61bn in US military aid

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22/04/2024 05:06 GMT : Ukraine's president welcomes $61bn in US military aid

Ukraine's president welcomes $61bn in US military aid

BBC World Service - Newsday, Ukraine's president welcomes $61bn in US military aid

US House of Representatives approved the package after months of delay

US House of Representatives approve more than sixty billion dollar package aid to Ukraine after months of delay.

After months of delay caused by political wrangling, US politicians in the House of Representatives finally approved a sixty-one billion dollar military aid package to Ukraine. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky thanked the US for its aid and said the long awaited package will give his country a chance of victory in its war against Russia. 

Also in the programme, preliminary results in Ecuador show voters overwhelmingly voted for a referendum on unprecedented security measures to counter a surge in violence by drugs gangs. We hear from locals in Ecuador's capital Quito about the rise of violence in the city.

And, over the past few days anti government forces in Myanmar have been attacking the town of Myawaddy which sits on the border with neighbouring Thailand.The clashes have forced 3000 people across the border into Mae Sot in western Thailand.

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