Post by sevenofnine on Jun 13, 2024 11:58:39 GMT -5
Wow that mess up
Funding Ukraine's fightback against Russia's invasion has gone from a must-do to a political hot potato in nearly two and a half years. The world has already committed €297 billion ($321 billion) in aid to Ukraine. But the country clearly needs more.
In April, a $61 billion (€56 billion) aid package to Kyiv was finally approved by the United States Congress after months of infighting over whether the money could be better spent on domestic issues. Similar themes played up during last weekend's EU election, which saw the bloc shift towards the hard right.
The US and European Union have also struggled to agree on what to do with some $300 billion in assets from Russia's central bank that were immobilized as part of Western sanctions shortly after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine.
www.dw.com/en/russias-frozen-assets-to-aid-ukraine-how-the-west-plans-to-use-them/a-69320225
Funding Ukraine's fightback against Russia's invasion has gone from a must-do to a political hot potato in nearly two and a half years. The world has already committed €297 billion ($321 billion) in aid to Ukraine. But the country clearly needs more.
In April, a $61 billion (€56 billion) aid package to Kyiv was finally approved by the United States Congress after months of infighting over whether the money could be better spent on domestic issues. Similar themes played up during last weekend's EU election, which saw the bloc shift towards the hard right.
The US and European Union have also struggled to agree on what to do with some $300 billion in assets from Russia's central bank that were immobilized as part of Western sanctions shortly after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine.
www.dw.com/en/russias-frozen-assets-to-aid-ukraine-how-the-west-plans-to-use-them/a-69320225
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