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This news has sent a shockwave through all our partners in Ukraine... It's a very unfortunate policy shift if the U.S. is so quick to abandon those who are most vulnerable around the world."
The latest budget support that USAID offered in 2024 to Ukraine's government and NGOs is only $3.9 billion, so it's not the type of money they would cause any harm to the U.S. economy,
We have not been able to pay salaries or any expenses since January 24. It was a big shock for our team because it was very unexpected,
Ivona Kostina, co-founder of a group called Veteran Hub that supports war veterans and their families It was difficult. Not only for the children. I had a meeting with the team this morning, and I was very emotional; I carefully chose every word,
I have already given instructions to do some key things with our internal funds and also to talk to Europeans,
Zelenskyy said Wednesday in his daily address to the nation, We are dealing with all of this."
A lot of people thought there might be a thorough review and were prepared to justify their work and their projects but there certainly wasn’t an expectation that the funding would be halted,
USAid was the quickest to provide us with diesel generators and the energy efficiency projects are almost finished. But what will we do if Russia attacks our energy again tomorrow?”
They requested a waiver for some of the things they considered critical but didn’t get it,
said a source familiar with discussions over the future of USAid in Ukraine There are programmes like those for prosthetic limbs, or those on special rehabilitation, which obviously can’t just be ended abruptly. There will be a prioritisation,
said Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak in an interview on Wednesday If places have a cash reserve they may be able to survive for the next three months,
she said, until it became clear which USAid projects would be continued It just impacts our morale … Do we wait for their continuation? Do we redirect these projects to other agencies? We don’t really know what to do,
said Vitalii Lukov, the deputy mayor of the southern city of Mykolaiv, which has been reliant on international aid since being severely damaged in the early months of the war Some [media outlets] will survive but many will not. Already a lot of people are losing their jobs,
said Katerina Sergatskova, a co-founder of the 2042 foundation, which provides support and training to Ukrainian journalists This was the worst-case scenario,
said George Chewning, the executive director of US-Ukraine Veterans Bridge, an organisation devoted to fostering links between military veterans in the two countries There is no viable advertising market for war reporting, leaving us with community support or a paywall model,
All our partners are now scrambling for additional funding, which was not easy to come by in the first place,
I felt frustrated and angry. All the projects I had been working on are gone. I’ve been notified that the contract might be renewed … but the uncertainty is killing me,
Negotiations can be held with anyone,
the Russian president said There are many projects. We will determine which of them are critical and need solutions now. We can provide part of this funding through our public finances,
the Ukrainian leader added Today I instructed government officials to report on those US support programmes that are currently suspended. These are humanitarian programmes,
Zelensky said in his evening address
