The Diplomat
The Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, celebrated yesterday that the United States House of Representatives has approved a multimillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine “at a crucial moment.”
On his X social network account, Albares described the aid as “vital” and added: “All united we must support the Ukrainian people and defend freedom and democracy.”
The US House of Representatives yesterday authorized a multimillion-dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan for a total value of about 90 billion euros, more than half of which will go to kyiv, whose authorities have been asking for more for months. assistance due to Russian advances on the front.
The aid would be divided between about 57 billion euros for Ukraine; 12.1 billion euros for Israel, immersed in the war against the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, and 7.5 billion euros for Taiwan, embroiled in a historic territorial dispute with China that in recent months has seen a rise in tensions.
The package also includes another 8.4 billion euros to solve “the urgent humanitarian need of the population of Gaza”, in reference to the hundreds of thousands of Palestinians trapped in the south of the enclave by Israeli bombings, “as well as other parts of the world”.
