US to provide over 28 million dollars in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine
Nancy Jackson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and Rob Jenkins, Deputy Assistant Administrator for the USAID Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance, stated during a meeting in Kiev that the U.S.A. will provide an additional $28 million in humanitarian assistance to support those affected by the conflict in the Donbas and the annexed Crimea.
According to them, this assistance will help to address the needs of thousands of people by providing them with necessary medicines, hygiene items and food.
In total, the U.S.A. has provided Ukraine with over $112 million dollars since the beginning of the crisis.
The fighting has continued since April 2014. During this time, according to the UN, about 10,000 people were killed. Separatists in the Donbas are being supported by Russia; however, Moscow does not recognize the presence of Russian military in eastern Ukraine, claiming that there are only ‘volunteers’ there.