The US House of Representatives has passed the Ukraine Support Act, with 18 Republicans crossing party lines to defy President Donald Trump and House GOP leadership, Reuters reports. The bill authorizes more than $1 billion in direct aid to Ukraine, up to $8 billion in loans, and tough sanctions on Russian oil, banking, and mining sectors.
However, the practical effect is sharply limited: the Ukraine Support Act needs 60 votes to advance in the Senate, where Republican leaders have so far refused to schedule a vote on a separate bipartisan Russia sanctions package.
Trump will likely veto the bill if it reaches him, with the White House already warning that the sanctions would "plunge the global economy into chaos," according to Fox News.
What does bill contain?
The Ukraine Support Act provides direct military and reconstruction aid to Ukraine, sets aside up to $8 billion in direct loans, and tightens sanctions on Russian financial institutions, the oil and mining sectors, and individual Russian officials.
It also imposes new export controls and targets entities that do business with sanctioned Russian companies.
According to PBS reporting on the latest quarterly inspector general report, the US has approved roughly $195 billion for the Ukraine response since 2022, with about a quarter going to replenish US military stockpiles. The last major Ukraine aid legislation was passed in April 2024 under the Biden administration.
"Important step forward"
"This vote reflects continued bipartisan support for Ukraine," Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine's Ambassador to the US, wrote on X.
Stefanishyna, who assumed her post in August 2025 after serving as Ukraine's Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration, called the House action "an important step forward."
Republican supporter Rep. Joe Wilson of South Carolina framed his vote as consistent with Trump's stated positions, telling Fox News: "President Trump has been the leader to support the people of Ukraine, and so I'll be voting for the people of Ukraine, continuing the Trump tradition of support."
The vote came as the European Union agreed this week to begin negotiations with Kyiv on the first cluster of accession issues, building on the €90 billion EU loan package approved in April 2026.
