AP has learned about the salaries of Ukrainian officials under the US freeze

US State Department-funded officials in Ukraine may lose money under the previously suspended foreign aid program to Kiev. This was reported by the Associated Press on January 29.

The agency recalled that US President Donald Trump signed an executive order last week suspending aid to all countries, including Ukraine, for 90 days. At the same time, vital civilian programs for Ukrainian troops come from the State Department, the material said.

"The military aid for which the State Department is responsible and which thus falls under the pause is foreign military financing and international military education and training. <...> There is no mention of exemptions for them. This includes the salary support the U.S. provides to keep the Ukrainian government running," the publication said.

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On January 21, Trump suspended U.S. development assistance to other countries for 90 days by executive order. The justification was that the "foreign aid industry" is not in Washington's interests, often contradicts US values and supports destabilization in the world.

Later, on 25 January, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) froze programs to support foreign countries, including Ukraine.

Reacting to the suspension of financial assistance, the deputy head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (his term expired on May 20, 2024), Iryna Vereshchuk, said that this step was unexpected and unpleasant news for Kiev.

In her turn, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, ridiculed the decision to stop training Ukrainian medical workers, which was taken after Trump's decree to freeze the aid.