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Well, the dam of Republican obstructiveness has finally broken in Washington and $61 billion worth of military aid will soon be

pouring into Ukraine from the US. How soon is, of course, a matter of vital importance.

We'll be looking into what happens next and asking whether the weaponry and ammunition will arrive

in time to make a difference to the great battle that is brewing around the heavily fortified hilltop town of Shasi Vyar, a crucial strategic feature which the Russians are expected

to attack any day now.

We'll also be talking to intrepid Canadian investigative journalist Justin Ling, who'll

be talking to us about the extraordinary technological developments he found on his recent trip

to Ukraine

and how they're shaping the battlefield and the course of the war. He's written a brilliant

article, by the way, in Wired magazine, which is coming out on Monday. But before we get to that,

Saul, this saga of the blocked funds in Congress has been running for six months, so it feels

like a lot longer, doesn't it? Now that the help is on its way, the question, of course, is what difference is this likely to make in the immediate and longer term?

Well, it will make a lot of difference, actually, Patrick.

And it is, I mean, we cannot stress how important this news is and what a victory in inverted commas this is for Ukraine. We've been

flying up the possibility that there might be a turn, a change in Johnson, who's the Speaker of

the House of Representatives, which was really where the logjam was. That's exactly what's come to

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