The US Senate Appropriations Committee overwhelmingly approved the Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2026, which provides for $1 billion in military aid to Ukraine.
This was announced on Facebook by Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, Oksana Markarova. She specified that the Senate committee approved the decision by an overwhelming majority (26 votes in favor, 3 against).
The bill provides for the allocation of funds to continue military aid to Ukraine—$800 million for the USAI program and $225 million for the Baltic Security Initiative program, Markarova said.
“This funding is part of a broader set of measures aimed at deterring Russia and China, as well as supporting US allies and partners, reflecting the vision of the Republican Party,” she said.
According to Markarova, in accordance with the procedure, the next steps will be the consideration of the document by the entire Senate, a conciliation conference between the two chambers, at which the consolidated text of the bill will be approved, and its final adoption.
It was also recently announced that US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Co-Chair Jeanne Shaheen and Senator Lisa Murkowski have submitted a bipartisan bill, the Supporting Ukraine Act of 2025, which provides for multi-billion-dollar aid to Ukraine.
The bill also proposes that the US Department of Defense transfer confiscated illegal weapons to Ukraine or sell them for the benefit of Ukraine.
The document also contains a requirement for immediate measures to confiscate frozen Russian assets or submit a plan to increase revenues from frozen Russian assets in order to obtain additional funds for Ukraine.
In mid-July, US President Donald Trump announced that NATO and the US had reached an agreement on supplying weapons to Ukraine.
At the same time, he confirmed his intention to send various types of weapons to Ukraine, including Patriot missiles, which would be “fully paid for.”
