The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to advance a new aid package for Ukraine worth around $40 billion on Monday after passage of the measure was delayed last week.
Senators voted 81 to 11 in favor of advancing Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022, but this may be just the first of three procedural votes required.
All 11 senators who voted against advancing the aid package were Republicans, while a bipartisan group of eight senators were recorded as not voting on Monday.
The senators who voted no were: Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Boozman of Arkansas, Mike Braun…