The U.S. Senate has taken a first step towards releasing aid to Ukraine and Israel, whose fate remains in the hands of Republican parliamentarians.
After examining the text, senators will take, perhaps as early as this week, a final vote on this large envelope and send it to the House of Representatives. Republicans including many Trumpists refuse to validate any new envelope for kyiv before the November presidential election, for which Donald Trump is a candidate. The failure to adopt new aid would be a huge disappointment for Ukraine at a time when bad news is piling up.