Global military spending rose to a new record high in 2023. Partly due to the war in Ukraine, according to the international peace research institute Stockholm (SIPRI), 2.44 trillion dollars (approximately 2,289 billion euros) was spent on defense last year. And Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says his country has a chance of victory over Russia now that the US House of Representatives has approved an aid package worth about 61 billion dollars (about 57.2 billion euros) for Ukraine. Follow all developments about the war in Ukraine and the situation in Russia in this live blog.
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