Washington calls on allies to make similar commitments.
The USA is ready to allocate $1.5 billion to Ukraine every month throughout the Russian-Ukrainian war, writes Bloomberg with reference to sources. Washington is persuading European leaders to make similar commitments.
The White House has held a series of talks, including in recent days, with EU representatives, and called on the European Union to do more to support Ukraine's economy in the war that drags on.
Ukraine's financial needs and the creation of a regular funding mechanism are likely to be discussed at the European Political Community summit in the Czech Republic next week. One of the agency's sources reported that the EU leaders are ready to agree on the allocation of funding to Ukraine, which can be compared to the $1.5 billion that the US is ready to provide.
The post-war reconstruction of Ukraine will also be discussed at the summit, the journalists' interlocutors said. However, Ukraine's urgent needs remain a priority.
According to the International Monetary Fund, the warring country needs about $5 billion every month. According to the Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko, Ukraine received $4.7 billion in aid in August, $2 billion in September.
Earlier, the EU faced criticism due to “too slow decision-making on the allocation of financial aid to Kyiv”. next year's state budget, but even this is not enough. Half of the funds we plan to live on throughout 2023 are borrowed. If they do not arrive on time and in the required quantity, there will be only one way out – to print money. This means that inflation will be above 30%, and the exchange rate will be more than UAH 50 per dollar. Read more in Julia Samaeva's article “State budget-2023: a task of one and a half trillion“.
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