The U.S. Senate approved a bill to fund the federal government for fiscal year 2022, including military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, as well as allocating money for the ongoing fight against the pandemic coronavirus, Interfax-Ukraine reported.

The government's current funding period expires March 11.

The $1.5 trillion financial package provides $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine, with about half of that amount going to humanitarian aid and support the country's economy and the rest to defense needs of Ukraine and U.S. allies on NATO's "eastern flank."

The bill also specifies the amount of U.S. spending on defense and other items of spending in fiscal year 2022.

For example, it provides $730 billion in non-defense funding, $46 billion more than in fiscal year 2021, the highest in four years. Defense spending includes $782 billion - $42 billion more than a year earlier.

A total of $15.6 billion is proposed to combat the coronavirus pandemic, both in the United States and around the world. Measures include preparing for the possibility of new strains of coronavirus and the next spike in infections.