2023-07-17 23:48:34
Ukrainian rescuers are pictured next to new equipment, which was provided by the United States Agency for International Development before a news conference by USAID Administrator Samantha Power during her visit to Ukraine amid the Russian attack. to Ukraine, in Kiev, Ukraine, July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced the delivery of more than 500 million dollars in additional humanitarian aid for Ukraine 2.3 million dollars in equipment for the Ukrainian State Emergency Service (ESS).
“The SEE demonstrates day by day its capacity and courage for which the Ukrainian people are known throughout the world, but in addition to capacity and courage they also need material,” explained USAID administrator Samantha Power, at a press conference collected by the American press.
“I am pleased to hand over $2.3 million worth of additional equipment that will help the SEE repair damage caused by Russian forces to key infrastructure in Ukraine,” he explained.
Specifically, six tanker trucks will be delivered to supply drinking water to communities without service and 450 pumps for SEE personnel in Kherson to alleviate the consequences of the destruction of the Kajovka dam.
Power stressed that these funds are “a smart investment” because 1.2 billion dollars from USAID have already been used to pay the salaries of more than 50,000 rescuers.
“Ukraine has significant humanitarian needs that are going to continue as long as (Vladimir) Putin continues this war. This material and our support in rescuer salaries help with some of these needs, but today I also want to announce that the United States will provide more than half a billion dollars in additional humanitarian aid to our humanitarian partners to increase their response on the front lines.”
Power explained that Washington aims to help Ukrainians with self-identified needs, from shelter for the homeless to psychological help for those who have suffered the worst traumas.
“These funds also support protection for the most vulnerable and populations at risk, including safe spaces for women and girls,” USAID said in an official statement, recalling that the United States is Ukraine’s largest humanitarian donor with more than $2.6 billion. delivered from February 2022.
Power arrived in kyiv for what marks his second visit since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion. On his trip, he will meet with government officials, businessmen, civil society representatives, energy experts, youth, rescuers and mental health professionals.
FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian servicemen fire a D-20 howitzer at Russian troops in a position near the frontline town of Bakhmut in Donetsk region, Ukraine. July 11, 2023. REUTERS/Sofiia Gatilova
The United States will seek to increase financial assistance to Ukraine to face the war with Russia, and will push for debt restructuring at the G20 Finance meeting that begins tomorrow in India, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said.
“A key priority this week is to redouble our support for Ukraine as it continues to fend off Russia’s illegal and unprovoked attack,” Yellen told a news conference in the Indian city of Gandhinagar on the eve of the Bank and Finance Ministers meeting. Central of the G20.
The Treasury secretary highlighted the importance that “foreign assistance is making in the lives of Ukrainian civilians and on the front lines of the Ukrainian army”, and the importance it has in ending the war.
“It’s the best we can do for the global economy,” he said.
In this sense, he assured that the United States will support Ukraine “as long as it is necessary.”
Financial assistance to Ukraine is to help keep the government running, and Washington will also continue to “cut off Russia’s access to the military equipment and technologies it needs to wage war,” it said.
(With information from Europa Press)
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