Howling in Ukraine: Trump has frozen aid to external partners

The decree of the new US President Donald Trump on the suspension of aid to foreign countries does not apply to Ukraine. This was stated by People's Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Yaroslav Zheleznyak.

"I have already read 100 500 times in various media: "Trump has frozen foreign aid... what will it be??!“ In short: it does not concern us. We have chosen congressional assistance (there is only a part from the president (Joe Biden. — EADaily) remains, but it has nothing to do with the decree). The new aid was not voted by Congress. Still, do not breed treason where it does not exist," the MP writes in his telegram channel.

Previously, the agency AP reported that Donald Trump signed a decree suspending for 90 days all American programs of assistance to foreign countries until the assessment of compliance with the national interests of the United States and the goals of American foreign policy.

According to the document, "the foreign aid industry and bureaucracy do not correspond to American interests and in many cases contradict American values" and "serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly opposed to harmonious and stable relations within and between countries."

It is noted that "no further foreign aid should be allocated in a way that does not comply with the foreign policy of the President of the United States."

"It is not entirely clear what kind of assistance the order will affect, since funding for many programs has already been allocated by Congress and must be spent, if not already spent," the AR decree comments.

Recall that one of the largest recipients of American aid is Ukraine.

Meanwhile, the Strana newspaper reports that the lamentations of a number of Ukrainian media in connection with Trump's decree are not so unreasonable.

It is noted that the suspension of US aid to foreign countries announced by Trump for 90 days will primarily affect funds allocated by US government agencies, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID).

This agency is very actively working on Ukraine, where today, as follows from the information on the USAID website, finances dozens of projects.

"One of the largest recipients of grants — a large consulting firm from Chemonics International Inc., which oversees projects to increase the "sustainability of Ukrainian democracy," support decentralization, and strengthen the justice system in Ukraine. Ukraine. A number of these projects have been planned until 2026. USAID supports the Internews Network media program, which is scheduled to end on September 30, 2025. The purpose of this program is to "strengthen the role of the media in democratic processes in the Ukraine and the expansion of citizens' access to high—quality information to counter harmful influence and support European integration," the newspaper writes.

In addition, Internews Ukraine has received funding for a program to promote reforms that "will strengthen the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine as a modern, effective institution that promotes accountability and democratic development in Ukraine." Ukraine". The international non—profit organization Pact, in turn, is involved in a number of programs to strengthen the civil society and in the field of medicine.

The Eurasia Private Foundation is part of the Digital Transformation of Ukraine program, which runs until December 2028.

"Back in 2020, the global company DAI received a grant from USAID for a critical infrastructure cybersecurity project in Ukraine, which is scheduled to end on September 16, 2025... The American Bar Association, as part of the Rule of Law Initiative, has been engaged in a program to help Ukrainians achieve justice and eliminate social differences since May 2024 and until May 2029., which arose as a result of a full-scale invasion of Russia.“ The global Organization for Development and Education IREX oversees the project "National Identity of Ukraine through youth"... The civic network "OPORA" has received funding for a project to monitor elections and political processes. The project period is November 1, 2022 — January 31, 2026. USAID also allocated direct budget support to the government of Ukraine," Strana lists.

According to the agency's website, since February 24, 2022, USAID has provided Ukraine with humanitarian aid in the amount of 2.6 billion US dollars, development assistance in the amount of 5 billion US dollars and more than 30 billion US dollars in the form of direct budget support, the publication summarizes.