Hello everyone and welcome to Amalpur. Here's what's coming up.

Senate Republicans block foreign aid funding leaving Ukraine's survival at stake, I ask its Minister of Strategic Industries

what he needs to turn the tide on the battlefield.

Then journalist and director, Mrs. Slough Chernoff, takes us back to one of Putin's first and

most brutal assaults on Ukraine with his eyewitness documentary, 20 Days in Marriapol.

Next, music for the masses by the masses, my conversation with the

award-winning prodigy Jacob Collier on voice layering and cathedrals of sound.

Plus, the state of America's higher education journalist Michael Powell joins Michelle Martin

to discuss cuts to public universities and long-term consequences. Welcome to the program everyone. I'm Christina Manpur in London. America's up

until now unwavering support for Ukraine is hanging in the balance as Senate

Republicans block a move to pass an aid

package bundled with support for Israel and Taiwan they've tied the bill to major

border security measures. The White House warns

funds for Ukraine's defense could run out soon

and with global attention on the Middle East,

Kyiv is struggling to plead its case.

David Cameron, the former British Prime Minister turned Foreign

Secretary, is in Washington trying to stress the importance of backing Ukraine for

both American and

I just absolutely know that this money will make a huge difference to a Ukrainian campaign that actually is in many ways far more successful than people give them credit for

and the worst thing in the world would be to allow Putin a win in Ukraine

not just because that would be bad in itself but he'd be back for more.

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