Steve Rosenberg: Russia defiant over new US aid to Ukraine - BBC News

Pro-Kremlin media and Russian officials claim America is "getting dragged into" a war it will lose.

2 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingRelated TopicsWar in UkraineImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, The US House of Representatives approved a much-delayed $61bn aid package to Ukraine over the weekendBy Steve RosenbergRussia editorA good rule of thumb since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has been that what is good for Kyiv is bad for Moscow.

Last Saturday brought good news for the Ukrainian government. The US House of Representatives voted in favour of a $61bn (£49bn) aid package for Kyiv, which will be used to arm its military.

The House also approved a bill that will allow the seizure and transfer to Ukraine of Russian assets frozen in America. The bills now move to the Senate for approval.

Unsurprisingly, this did not go down well in Moscow.

Hawkish former President Dmitry Medvedev condemned the "61 billion bloody dollars". He called for a new American Civil War that "would finally lead to the inglorious break up of the 21st Century's evil empire, the United States of America".

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