From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernisee, and this is the Daily.

Late last night, a long delayed aid package for Ukraine passed its final hurdle in

Congress, throwing the embattled country a 60 billion dollar lifeline, but giving Ukraine's desperation on the battlefield, will

that be enough to save it? Today, my colleague Mark Santora explains.

It's Wednesday, April 24th. So Mark last night, after many, many months, the US Congress finally approved an

aid package to Ukraine. It passed in the Senate just before 10 p.m. And of course it's very

very substantial billions and billions of dollars. But we also know that the

war is not going well at all for the Ukrainians right now. You've been in Ukraine

covering this war since the beginning in 2022. You're in Kiev right now. So my

question for you is this, What does all of this money mean for Ukraine at this point in the war?

Is it going to make a difference given the state of things?

100% it's going to make a difference.

And the Ukrainians have been waiting for months and months for this news.

60 billion of which 46 billion is military aid basically is the equivalent of all that the

United States has given Ukraine over the past two years in total. So it's a lot of

money, it's a lot of supplies that can buy a lot of what Ukraine needs,

but they need it right now because the situation across the front has been turning increasingly

grim for the Ukrainians who find themselves outman and out gunned.

So on that point Mark, it's been a couple of months now since we last talked about the war on

the show. And you know, I've been reading your coverage,

our colleagues coverage, and it looks like

a very desperate situation for the Ukrainians.

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