US House approves $40bn Ukraine aid package

President Joe Biden speaks in in the South Court Auditorium in the White House complex in Washington (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

The US House of Representatives has emphatically approved a fresh $40bn aid package for Ukraine.

The measure sailed to passage by a lopsided 368-57 margin, providing 7 billion more than President Joe Biden’s request from April and dividing the increase evenly between defence and humanitarian programs.