US Senate Unanimously Supports Bill Reviving World War II Lend-Lease Program. The law will allow US President Joe Biden to send weapons and other supplies to Ukraine more quickly and without unnecessary bureaucratic red tape, Politico reports..

The senators were quick to back the proposal, known as lend-lease, as the Ukrainian military proved they could fight back against Russian forces that have been shelling Ukrainian cities since late February..

American lawmakers have resorted to extraordinary tactics that were last used during World War II..

The bill was approved amid calls by Zelensky to urgently increase the supply of weapons to Ukraine and against the backdrop of publicized facts of Russian atrocities in Bucha and other suburbs of Kyiv.

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer called the massacres "

“When we senselessly kill innocent civilians because of who they are, whether it be their religion, race or nationality, this is genocide and Mr. Putin is to blame,” Schumer said..

The bill must now be voted on by the House of Representatives..