NBC News: US State Department stopped the Initiative to Support Ukraine's power system
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The US State Department has stopped implementing the initiative of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to restore Ukraine's power grid after military attacks by the Russian Federation.
Source: ”European Truth« , referring to the words of two USAID representatives working in the agency's mission in Ukraine, reports NBC News
Details: « This significantly undermines the possibility of this administration to negotiate a ceasefire, and it signals Russia that we do not care about Ukraine or our past investments, » – says one of NBC News interlocutors.
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« Russia is leading a double war in Ukraine: military as well as economic. They are trying to destroy the economy, but USAID plays a central role in helping it to be stable (including) strengthening the energy network … We have provided great support to the Ukrainian government to avoid the macroeconomic crisis, » he adds.
According to USAID employees, the cessation of funding will make Ukraine's energy network vulnerable as it will be trained by new Russian missiles.
On the basis of a document obtained by NBC News, the State Department also ordered the termination of a program aimed at « reforming the financial sector ».
We will remind, on February 7 US President Donald Trump stated that at USAID « Corruption has reached an unprecedented level »Therefore, the agency needs to be liquidated.
Subsequently in the Trump administration stated that cancels over 90% of USAID grants.
« In total, nearly 5,800 USAID grants have been canceled and more than 500 USAID grants were saved … The total marginal value of the stored contracts is approximately $ 57 billion, » the administration said.
