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    Kyiv, Warsaw, and other Central and Eastern European capitals applaud House vote on Ukraine aid

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     20.04.2024, 20:01 | Update 21:02

    After months of uncertainty, the U.S. House of Representatives has voted by an overwhelming bipartisan majority to provide a $61 billion security package for Ukraine. Ukrainian leaders, as well as Kyiv’s allies in the region, immediately applauded the long-awaited piece of legislation.

    The passage of the desperately needed support package, and the results of the vote on which were undoubtedly closely followed around the world, met with a swift and overwhelmingly positive reaction, first and foremost in Kyiv.

    “I am grateful to the United States House of Representatives, both parties, and personally Speaker Mike Johnson for the decision that keeps history on the right track,” Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote in a post published on X.

    “Democracy and freedom will always have global significance and will never fail as long as America helps to protect it. The vital U.S. aid bill passed today by the House will keep the war from expanding, save thousands and thousands of lives, and help both of our nations to become stronger,” Zelenskyy wrote. Zelenskyy was seconded by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, who focused in particular on the part of the legislation that would divert proceeds from frozen Russian assets to Kyiv’s aid.

    “We will receive an important resource for victory and reconstruction. I call on other countries where Russian assets are stored to follow this example,” Shmyhal wrote. Donald Tusk, Prime Minister of Poland, whose country has arguably been the staunchest ally of the Ukrainian cause on the international stage since even before the outbreak of the war dating back to the previous cabinet, thanked Speaker Mike Johnson for scheduling the vote that would have inevitably passed in the House but did have some bitter words to add, saying that it is “Better late than too late. And I hope it is not too late for Ukraine.” Poland’s President, Andrzej Duda, called the vote “a crucial decision which will help stop the Russian aggression. It’s a clear confirmation of US leadership among all the countries of the free world.” The result of the vote was also praised in Prague, with the Czech Republic remaining the only member of the regional Visegrad Four (V4) group that still remains unapologetically pro-Ukrainian in its policy.

    “I am very pleased that the House of Representatives has approved an aid package for Ukraine and Israel,” Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala wrote on X.
    “Ukraine will be able to defend itself more effectively against Russian aggression. Our munitions initiative, after all, contributes to this. We will now focus with our allies on ensuring that Ukraine has effective air defense,” Fiala tweeted, concluding that “The security of our country and Europe is our priority. That is why Russia’s imperial policy must not be successful and Ukraine must win its defensive battle. We will do everything to achieve this!”

    A similar sentiment was expressed by Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, who wrote that the passage of the aid package “comes at the most opportune time.”

    “Only together can we stop [Russia]’s aggression against Ukraine, freedom and democracy,” Lipavský wrote, but also stressed that “Europe must do more too.” The results of the vote have also reverberated in the Baltic states, which have good reasons to see themselves as inevitably the next target of Russian imperialism should Ukraine be allowed to fall.

    “It’s a major step towards victory and all allies shall continue to keep supporting [Ukraine],” Lithuania’s President Gitanas Nausėda wrote, further stressing that “Support and cohesion from the West is crucial today.” The result of the vote was also commented on by the country’s Prime Minister, Ingrida Šimonytė. Her Latvian counterpart, Evika Siliņa, called the result “a powerful stance against tyranny and aggression,” and one that “underscores our shared commitment to Ukraine’s defense and ultimate victory.” “The best way to secure ourselves is to make sure we help Ukraine to win its fight for freedom,” tweeted Kaja Kallas, the Prime Minister of Estonia and an honorary NAFO member.

    “Hope this vote encourages all allies to look through their warehouses and do more,” she wrote. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Saturday that passage by the U.S. House of Representatives of a bill on aid to Ukraine would “further ruin” Ukraine and result in more deaths in the conflict, following the logic according to which allowing Kyiv to lose the war by having its support cut off would end it sooner than, e.g., Putin recalling his invading forces to return to the internationally recognized borders of Russia.

    Peskov also said that the legislation allowing the U.S. administration to confiscate seized Russian assets and transfer them to Ukraine for reconstruction would tarnish the image of the United States.

    Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova further stated that the U.S. legislation providing military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan would “deepen the crisis throughout the world.”

    “Military assistance to the Kyiv regime is direct sponsorship of terrorist activity,” Zakharova said on Telegram.

    “To Taiwan, it is interference in China's internal affairs. To Israel, it is a road straight to escalation and an unprecedented rise in tension in the region,” said the spokesperson for the Russian MFA, one of the few countries in the world that are openly allied to the theocratic regimes of ayatollahs in Iran.
    Source: X.com, TVP World, Reuters
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