Sat 21 May 2022:
Russia said on Saturday it was banning entry to 963 Americans including U.S. President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and CIA chief William Burns.
The travel bans have an only symbolic impact but form part of a constant downward spiral in Russia‘s relations with the United States and its allies since its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine.
MOSCOW EXPELS 34 FRENCH, 24 ITALIAN, 27 SPANISH DIPLOMATS AS TENSIONS SOAR
Earlier on, US President Joe Biden signed a bill to provide $40 billion in aid to Ukraine, the White House said on Saturday.
On Thursday, the US Senate passed a record $40 billion Ukraine aid bill in an 86-to-11 vote. The House of Representatives passed the legislation earlier in May in a 368-57 vote. The bill will provide Ukraine with over $20 billion in military aid, almost $9 billion in economic assistance, over $4 billion in humanitarian aid, and another $4 billion in foreign military financing through the State Department.
The bill provides “supplemental emergency appropriations for fiscal year 2022 to Federal agencies to respond to the situation in, and for assistance to, Ukraine,” according to the White House.
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