EU’s top diplomat urges US to reconsider dropping Ukrainian aid from budget bill

The omission of additional Ukrainian aid from the package has raised concerns in Kyiv (Alex Babenko/AP)

The European Union’s foreign policy chief has called on US lawmakers to reconsider their decision to omit financial support for Ukraine from a stop-gap budget bill Congress passed to halt a federal government shutdown.

The legislation approved on Saturday to keep the federal government running until November 17 dropped provisions on providing additional aid to Ukraine, a White House priority opposed by a growing number of Republican lawmakers.