The Republican-controlled House of Representatives last Saturday voted 311 to 112 to approve a bill to spend $60.89 billion on aid for Ukraine.

Among House Republicans, this bill lost 112 to 101. Among House Democrats, it won 210 to 0. As of this writing, the bill was expected to pass the Senate. President Joe Biden has said he would sign it.

Just two days after the House approved this $60.89 billion in aid for Ukraine, the State Department released its 2023 report on human rights in that country. It cited both the Russian military, which has invaded Ukraine, and the Ukrainian government itself for human rights abuses.

"Significant human rights abuses committed by Russia's forces in areas that were under Russian control involved severe and wide-ranging cases," said the State Department report. These included, among other abuses, "credible reports of: arbitrary or unlawful killings, including extrajudicial killings; enforced disappearance; torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment ... serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media freedom, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, unjustified arrests or prosecution of journalists ... severe restrictions on religious freedom ... and the existence of the worst forms of child labor."

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