2023-12-18 04:00:00
With a new aid package blocked by the American Congress, Zelensky traveled to Washington Mandel NGAN/AFP – 12.12.2023 Ukraine’s two main allies in the war against Russia, the United States and Europe, have already sent the country around 208 billion euros ( R$ 1.1 trillion, at current prices), according to data from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, in Germany. The figure represents the sum of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product) of 13 Brazilian states. The military, financial and humanitarian resources sent by the West to Ukraine are equivalent to the wealth produced in 2022 by Acre, Amapá, Roraima, Rondônia, Mato Grosso, Tocantins, Maranhão, Piauí, Ceará, Paraíba, Alagoas, Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Norte throughout for the entire year 2022, according to IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics). See also International Putin’s opponent, Navalny was transferred from prison to an ‘unknown’ place, says his surroundings International Three young people who were hostages of Hamas terrorists are found dead International European Union decides to start dialogue with Ukraine about joining the bloc European countries and its institutions are Ukraine’s biggest financiers in these almost two years of war — they allocated around 133 billion euros (R$712 billion), according to the German institute. The United States allocated US$75 billion (R$368 billion) in aid to the Ukrainians. The data shows that 61% of this amount was in military support, mainly weapons and equipment, as well as training, through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Only 4% of American resources were directed to the population for emergency food assistance, health care, refugee support and other humanitarian aid. While Russian President Vladimir Putin shows willingness to continue the military offensive, Ukraine fears that its allies will reduce transfers. “The flow of Western aid to Ukraine appeared uncertain at the end of 2023 as new financing measures became stuck in political impasses in both the United States and the European Union,” says the Council on Foreign Relations, an independent and non-partisan based in the USA. Recently, the American Congress blocked a new aid package for Ukraine requested by the Biden administration, worth US$61 billion (equivalent to R$301 billion at current exchange rates). A group of Republican lawmakers conditions the release on important changes to US border security. The Republicans’ criticisms are vocal in their main representative, former President Donald Trump, who is expected to face Biden in a rematch of the presidential contest next year. When the Chamber approved a US$40 billion (R$196 billion) aid package in May this year, Trump spoke out. “Democrats are sending another $40 billion to Ukraine, but America’s parents are struggling to even feed their children,” he said. Read also Putin says that international aid to Ukraine ‘is slowly running out’ Putin: more than 600,000 soldiers are currently fighting in Ukraine US Congress blocks R$520 billion in aid for Ukraine and Israel This week, Putin mocked the situation in the country neighbor. “Today, Ukraine practically does not produce anything. They are trying to save something, but they produce almost nothing, everything is brought [de outros países] for free. But this free gift may end one day. And apparently it is slowly running out,” he said during a press conference in Moscow. The Russian stressed that his country’s economy is solid, despite economic sanctions imposed by the West since the beginning of the war. International sales of natural gas and oil have secured resources to finance the military offensive. Zelensky seeks more money Zelensky met with IMF Director General Kristalina Georgieva Julia Nikhinson/Reuters – 11.12.2023 Ukraine’s President Volodmir Zelensky, on the other hand, continues his efforts to secure that Ukraine has the means to keep its troops active, after a counteroffensive considered a failure by Western officials. He also visited Washington this week, where he met with Biden and congressmen, in an attempt to convince them to approve the package of White House Still in the American capital, the president met with the general director of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), Kristalina Georgieva. Hours earlier, the organization had approved a new loan of US$900 million (R$4.4 billion), totaling US$4.5 billion (R$22 billion) in financing for the country this year. Zelensky then traveled to Norway, a country that is Ukraine’s fourth largest military financier — since the start of the war it has been 3.6 billion (R$19.3 billion), according to the Kiel Institute. In Oslo, he participated in a meeting with the Speaker of the Norwegian Parliament, Masud Gharahkhani, in which he heard the commitment of a multi-year aid plan.
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