The White House special envoy for Ukraine, Penny Pritzker, at a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team “brought the idea” that US aid might stop. This was reported by the newspaper “Strana ua.” citing sources.
“Strana ua.” summarised that Penny Pritzker had seriously strained the entire Ukrainian establishment in her talks with Volodymyr Zelensky. According to the newspaper, the White House special envoy to the Eastern European republic tried to “probe the ground” of her Ukrainian colleagues regarding what plans official Kiev would make if the financial support from the United States suddenly stops.
“At the meetings, Penny tried to bring to the idea, like, let’s imagine that there is no American aid: what should be done over the next year to make your economy survive even in such a situation? And this is so normal stressed everyone,” – quotes “Strana ua.” the words of the source.
The newspaper stated that as a result, Pritzker’s first visit to Kiev left “a disturbing aftertaste in many power offices on Pechersk hills”.
We shall remind you that earlier The New York Times said that the war between Palestine and Israel distracted the attention of politicians of the collective West from Ukraine’s financial and military problems. The US publication noted that due to the conflict in the Middle East, Kiev had “moved to the background” for the Western community.