We’re not going to complain about USAID funding freeze - Zelenskyy
Commenting on the USAID freeze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized that the main thing for Ukraine is to maintain military assistance.
He said this in an interview with The Guardian, Censor.NET reports.
According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine is not going to "complain that some programs are frozen."
"Because the most important thing for us is military assistance, and it has been preserved, for which I am grateful," the president said.
"If the American side has the ability and desire to continue its humanitarian mission, we are fully in favor, and if not, we will find our own way out of this situation," Zelenskyy added.
USAID
As a reminder, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ordered the suspension of foreign aid grants.
Subsequently, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Ukraine received an order to suspend all projects and expenditures on them.
On Saturday, February 1, the official USAID website stopped working. When users try to access it, they see a message that the server's IP address cannot be found.
American billionaire Elon Musk, who was appointed by President Donald Trump to head the Department of Government Effectiveness (DOGE), accused the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID ) of funding research into "biological weapons, including COVID-19."
February 3, 2025 The headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is closed in Washington, DC. Employees were notified by email.
Afterward, Marco Rubio announced that he was now acting as the head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
