U.S. to give Ukraine $125 mln as additional assistance

13:03, 12.05.2018 1 min read

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide additional assistance in the amount of $125 million for Donbas and adjacent territories that felt the influence of Russian aggression.

"This additional technical assistance will be aimed at ensuring further stabilization and consolidation of Ukrainian communities in the region, increasing the resilience of the local economy and accelerating its development," reads a report posted on USAID Ukraine's page on Facebook.

It notes that the announcement on the provision of $125 million will be made during a joint press conference on Tuesday, May 15, by Assistant Administrator of the USAID's Bureau for Europe and Eurasia Brock Bierman, U.S. Representative for Ukraine Negotiations Kurt Volker and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch. The press conference will be held in Sloviansk (Donetsk region).

As reported, Volker will arrive in Ukraine on Monday.

"I'm heading to eastern Ukraine next week to see more about the situation on the ground and to learn about the humanitarian crisis in the Donbas," Volker wrote on Twitter.