The United States no longer has the funds to continue direct budget support to Ukraine. This was stated by Erin McKee, deputy administrator of the Agency for International Development (USAID) for European and Eurasian Affairs, during a hearing in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
According to him, if there are no new funds, humanitarian aid may be cut.
“Without more funds, the Ukrainian government will have to resort to emergency measures such as printing money and not paying salaries to critical workers.” RIA News Mackey’s words.
The deputy head of USAID also said what would happen if the US Congress does not approve additional funding for Kiev’s needs. In this case, US partner organizations in Ukraine will either reduce the number of recipients of humanitarian assistance by 75 percent or even stop the implementation of such programs.
The fact that Ukraine may already face the problem of paying civil servant salaries in November, Wrote The Wall Street Journal newspaper. This is all due to a possible delay in funding from the United States.
Journalists noted in October that the Ukrainian government managed to accumulate capacity to meet its budget needs. But in November, authorities may need to cut services or salaries and decide whether to take loans.
Previously USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.