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Speaker Johnson won't put $24 billion Ukraine aid package to vote in Congress

4 December, 2024 Wednesday

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U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson has announced that he will not put the $24 billion Ukraine aid package to a vote in Congress. Instead, he plans to wait until the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump

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In an interview with Voice of America, Johnson explained that, following the election of Trump, it’s no longer President Joe Biden’s responsibility to make decisions on Ukraine funding.

"We have a newly elected president, and we're going to wait for the new commander-in-chief’s strategy on all of this," Johnson said. "So, I don’t expect any funding for Ukraine to be put forward right now."

Johnson also noted that the election of Trump as president is already "changing the dynamics of the Russian war against Ukraine."

On December 3, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a memorandum to support the resilience of Ukraine's energy system.