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Apr 22, 2022

How might the U.S. view the state of the war in Ukraine? The answer could be in the aid.

President Biden recently announced an additional $800 million in assistance to Ukraine. However, there’s been a noticeable change in the kind of military aid the U.S. is sending, and that change could hint at the U.S. outlook on how the war is going. To help us break down the U.S. aid package, we spoke to Mark Cancian, a retired Marine colonel and senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Florida lawmakers have approved a bill to strip Disney of special tax privileges through self-government of its land in Orlando.

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MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: A view of a Mykolaiv Regional Council building which was destroyed as a result of a shellfire on April 21, 2022 in Mykolaiv area Ukraine. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug river flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)
MYKOLAIV, UKRAINE - APRIL 21: A view of a Mykolaiv Regional Council building which was destroyed as a result of a shellfire on April 21, 2022 in Mykolaiv area Ukraine. Mykolaiv, a port city near where the Southern Bug river flows into the Black Sea, has been a target of Russian attacks throughout its current invasion of Ukraine. Ukrainian forces here repelled an initial advance from Russian-held territory nearby, but the city has experienced frequent shelling and air strikes even as Russia shifts the focus of its war to the eastern Donbas region. (Photo by Anastasia Vlasova/Getty Images)

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