The U.S. State Department has ended an initiative of the USAID, which invested hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to restore Ukraine's power grid after attacks by the aggressor country russia.
NBC News reported this on Friday, February 28, citing two USAID representatives working in the agency's mission in Ukraine.
One of the USAID representatives noted that such actions signal to russia that the organization allegedly does not care about the fate of Ukraine.
"Russia is fighting a two-pronged war in Ukraine: A military one but also an economic one. They’re trying to crush the economy, but USAID has played a central role in helping it be resilient, [including] shoring up the energy grid…We’ve provided vast amount of support to the Ukrainian government to avoid a macro economic crisis," the material says.
In addition to terminating the Ukraine Energy Security Project, USAID is also sharply reducing its presence in Ukraine. Two officials warned that USAID’s withdrawal from Ukraine would leave its energy grid vulnerable to russian strikes. The decision to end support was made before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with U.S. President Donald Trump and the dispute between them.
As the Ukrainian News agency earlier reported, emergency power outages were introduced in several regions of Ukraine on the morning of February 28. In some regions, three emergency schedules were introduced.
Emergency power outages were introduced on February 11 due to a russian missile attack.
Earlier, a russian missile attack led to emergency power outages in six regions of Ukraine.
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