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The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the issue of $3.42 billion to the Pentagon in the coming financial year within the initiative to support security in Europe, according to the Deutsche Welle edition, with reference to the document posted on the website of the U.S. Congress.

According to the publication, the United States plans to pass to the preferential support of partners and allies in Europe to contain the Russian Federation.

According to the document, it is also planned to limit military cooperation between the United States and Russia. With a few exceptions, funds from the U.S. defense budget cannot be spent on any bilateral military projects until Russia stops the occupation of the Ukrainian territory and aggressive actions that threaten the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine and NATO members, the report reads.

The second condition for the resumption of cooperation is the fulfillment of the Minsk agreements by Moscow. It is separately stated that the United States does not contest the status of Russian military bases in Crimea, located in the territory of Ukraine on the basis of the 1997 agreement.