The Ukrainian authorities may face the problem of paying salaries to civil servants from November in case of delays in funding from the United States. This is reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) newspaper with reference to Ukrainian officials.
“Ukraine’s finance ministry has anticipated potential funding delays due to the U.S. shutdown fight and has the resources to meet budget needs in October, but after November the government may have to decide which services or salaries to cut, or whether it’s worth trying to borrow,” the WSJ writes.
The salaries of 150,000 civil servants and more than 500,000 employees of Ukrainian educational institutions, as well as some state expenditures, ranging from health care to housing subsidies, actually depend on payments from the USA and other countries that provide Kiev with financial aid, the newspaper said.
According to the newspaper’s source, the financial problems may have an impact on the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, who will face “even louder criticism from rival factions”.
At the same time, the newspaper notes that USAID will process the October payment of 1.15bn dollars under the World Bank programme on condition that Kiev proves that it has properly spent the funds received in the previous tranche.
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