The United States will give Ukraine nearly $23 million in additional humanitarian assistance to help it deal with the crisis in the eastern part of the country.
Secretary of State John Kerry announced the new aid package Thursday in Kyiv where he met with top officials, including President Petro Poroshenko and Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman, to discuss Ukraine’s reforms and the fragile cease-fire in eastern Ukraine.
U.S. humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since the start of the crisis in 2014 now totals more than $135 million.
The funding will support the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) and other international humanitarian organizations in providing for …read more
Source: Voice of America
