In Ukraine, relief over U.S. aid vote — and fear over what an angry Russia will do next

People stand in front of a mural symbolizing Ukraine’s fight against Russia as they rally to raise awareness of Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Russia. With the imminent arrival of aid, though, Ukrainian forces “will likely be able to blunt the current Russian offensive assuming the resumed U.S. assistance arrives promptly,” the institute said. The House vote “will make the United States of America richer, further ruin Ukraine and result in the deaths of even more Ukrainians, the fault of the Kyiv regime,” Peskov said, according to official Russian media. “If we surrender Ukraine like we did Afghanistan, which was a debacle, will the United States be weaker or stronger?” Rep. Michael McCaul, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.” “We were running out of time,” McCaul said. “Ukraine was about to fall.” In the NBC interview, Zelensky said the passage of the bill would send a powerful message to Russia that Washington stands by Kyiv, and that the war would not devolve into “a second Afghanistan.” “I think this support will really strengthen the armed forces of Ukraine, and we will have a chance for victory,” Zelensky said through an interpreter.