Kyiv residents react after the US passes billions in aid for Ukraine

(21 Apr 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Kyiv - 21 April 2024
1. Wide of St. Michael Square
LOCATION: KYIV, UKRAINE
2. Various of Tatyana Ryavchenuk's family who came to commemorate their brother who was killed in the war
3. Mid of child touching the portrait of her killed godfather
4. Close of memorial
5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tatyana Ryavchenuk, wife of Ukrainian soldier:
" The boys (soldiers) need help because they have nothing to protect us. They need weapons, they need gear, they need it. We need help because without it our enemy can advance and can be in the center of our city.”
6. Close of child with her grandmother
7. Wide of memorial
STORYLINE:
People in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv welcomed on Sunday the news that the U.S. House of Representatives had passed a crucial aid deal for Ukraine.

The House swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia’s invasion.

Tatyana Ryavchenuk's husband is fighting on the frontline.

She came with her two-year-old daughter Nika to the memorial of fallen Ukrainian soldiers to commemorate her brother who was killed in the war.

"The boys (soldiers) need help because they have nothing to protect us. They need weapons, they need gear, they need it,” said Ryavchenuk.

The whole aid package will go to the U.S. Senate, which could pass it as soon as Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden has promised to sign it immediately.

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