The United States has sent about $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in late February.
Ukraine is receiving an additional $1.7 billion in support from the US government and the World Bank to pay besieged healthcare workers and provide other essential services.
The money arriving on Tuesday from the US Treasury Department, the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) means decrease USAID said in a statement that it caused a severe budget deficit due to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “brutal war of aggression”.
While many medical staff have left Ukraine, some hospitals have closed and others have been bombed. Medical workers who stay in Ukraine do their jobs under dire circumstances.
Viktor Liashko, Ukraine’s Minister of Health, said that it is becoming more difficult every month to pay medical staff “due to the overwhelming burden of war”.
“$1.7 billion is not just another financial aid; it’s an investment that gets us closer to victory,” Liashko said in a statement.
To date, USAID has provided a budget of $4 billion to the Ukrainian government. These funds have been used to maintain electricity and gas to hospitals and schools, provide humanitarian supplies to residents and pay salaries to civil servants and teachers, the organization said. .
USAID Administrator Samantha Power said that as Putin continues “to attack Ukraine’s public services, the United States is rushing to provide financial support to help the government continue to function, providing essential services to its citizens.” innocent and pay the medical staff who are providing life-saving services. support on the front lines.”
Last week, the administration of US President Joe Biden said it would send an additional $ 400 million in military equipment to Ukraine, the 15th package of weapons and military equipment delivered by the US Department of Defense to Ukraine since August 2018. last.
This new set of funds will be used for humanitarian purpose.
“This aid will help the democratic government of Ukraine to provide essential services to the people of Ukraine,” Finance Minister Janet Yellen said in a written statement.
Yellen said the money will “go to those who need it most on the front lines of Putin’s brutal and illegal war.”
Overall, the United States has sent about $7.3 billion in aid to Ukraine since the war began end of february.
