American aid and Slovak elections… Concerns about the future of Western aid to Ukraine?
While on the US side, parliamentarians have not yet decided on the next phase of financial, military and humanitarian aid to support Ukraine, a government hostile to military aid could soon take the lead in Slovakia after elections scheduled for Saturday, September 30. And do not really fear Western support drying up.
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With our correspondent in Kyiv, Emmanuel Chase
between theUkrainian aid overlooked in US Senate vote During the night of Saturday to Sunday, October 1 and Slovak elections Which could see a pro-Russian government take charge of the country, this political weekend has been carefully monitored from Ukraine. But the population remains confident in Western aid, as Kiev residents can attest.
” I think this is budget (American) It will be reviewed and everything can change, I hope… You know, we have no influence on that, so we can only do things on our scale for our victory », supports a woman.
” Given the way Hungary, and now Slovakia, have treated us, I worry about these countriesstill cares about another. As for the United States, I do not think its aid will be affected, and I still believe that, and I have friends there, volunteers, and soldiers, and they will continue to support us. »
For his part, Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleh Nikolenko confirms that even if some aid programs may be affected, the aid provided by the United States should not be affected in general. This is a view shared by the head of the presidential administration, Andrei Yermak, who does not believe in a sudden change in Washington’s policy towards Kiev.
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