Roughly $60 billion US military aid is planned to help Ukraine against Russia. How will it work?

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US President Joe Biden is expected to pass a bill on Wednesday giving Ukraine $60 billion in its efforts to stave off Russia's ongoing invasion. Despite the hoopla some Ukrainian lawmakers express hesitation about how the support will actually help the front line.

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00:00 A $61 billion military aid bill for Ukraine has finally passed the U.S. Senate after months

00:08 of delays.

00:10 But what does this support mean for the army that has been battling the mammoth Russian

00:15 military for over two years?

00:18 One Ukrainian lawmaker believes it will beef up the front lines before another imminent

00:23 Russian offensive.

00:26 On the front line, people mostly need shells, different kind of calibers, and they also

00:33 need some aviation bombs, guided bombs and stuff like that to oppose, because Russians

00:40 are preparing for the counteroffensive and we need massive stuff to stop them.

00:47 The military stock is scheduled to reach the front lines by the middle of summer.

00:52 But one opposition lawmaker believes logistical challenges and red tape could slow the military

00:58 support, which is desperately needed to help Ukrainian infantry hold ground.

01:06 Probably we expect that the armed forces will ask the soldiers to hold the line.

01:14 This is first.

01:15 And the second, they will, after they will get all the ammunition and all the assistance

01:20 in the middle of summer, during this time when the soldiers will hold the line, will

01:29 prepare the new strategy of defensive operation.

01:33 The military aid is expected to help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia, but winning

01:40 is still a long way away.

01:42 [SWOOSH]

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