US Congress approved allocation of $350M of military aid to Ukraine

U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill on military aid to allocate to Ukraine.

The total U.S. military assistance to Ukraine in 2017 is planned in the amount of $350,000,000, Censor.NET reports citing Interfax-Ukraina.

The total U.S. budget for 2017 amounts to $618.7 billion.

Consideration of the bill in the Senate is scheduled for the next week.

Read more: House of Representatives bans Pentagon from military cooperation with Russia

Earlier, the lower house of the U.S. Congress approved the allocation for the Pentagon in the coming fiscal year of $3.42 billion in the framework of the European Reassurance Initiative. It is planned to shift to the preferential support of European partners and allies ''to deter the Russian Federation''.