“The USAID US Fund is one of the largest donors of the Ministry of Defense.”, – WRITE: www.unian.ua
The USAID US Fund is one of the largest donors of the Ministry of Defense.
Currently, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine refused to name what percentage of the projects is funded by USAID / photos of ua.depositphotos.comThe Ministry of Digital Transformation will have to look for a new donor to replace US USAID, which for at least three months stops the financing of projects in Ukraine. The agency provided funds from the development of “action” to the strategy of regulating artificial intelligence. This is reported by Forbes Ukraine.According to two former ministry employees who have communicated anonymously because of the sensitivity of the topic, USAID is one of the largest donors of the Ministry of Defense.
It is noted that the USAID received at least $ 40.5 million, while the EU is almost four times less. From the EU, the Ministry of Defense received $ 11.5 million. According to four programs. The budgets for five programs are not specified. The Ministry’s projects are also funded by Germany and Sweden.
At the end of 2023, the most active donors of the Mincrifra were: USAID, European Union, German BMZ and Swedish Sida. In total, the ministry received $ 63.3 million from them. In 9 out of 18 projects.
In the Ministry of Defense, they refused to name what percentage of the projects is funded by USAID before the completion of negotiations with the department. However, according to Forbes Ukraine estimates, in 2023, the share of agency funding in nine projects of the Ministry of Defense reached 64%.
In total, at least 30 services, services and products were launched by the Ministry of Defense with USAID support. In particular, these are Eaccise, Eaccise, Eaccit, Eaccit, Education, AI project, etc.
The reports also mention the projects “Supporting organizations – leaders in combating corruption in Ukraine (interaction)” and “Cybersecurity of critically important infrastructure of Ukraine”. However, there is no funding in the documents.
In addition, on January 24, the Ukrainian GOVTech Company of Strimco received an official warrant to stop contracts, which worked on a number of projects, including a register of losses caused by Russia. This project was funded by USAID by order from the Ministry of Defense.
The Ministry of Defense will look for another donor to replace USAID, said forbes Ukraine an official in the department.
“There will be no catastrophe,” he says.
In this case, the anonymous official of the Ministoria said to the publication:
“It’s hard to say where we will find funding. We will decide.”
USAID Help – What is known US President Donald Trump said that the USAID agency (USAID) was governed by a “bunch of radical crazy.” According to him, a decision on the future of this structure will soon be made.
On February 3, billionaire Ilon Musk, who is in the US Presidential Administration Donald Trump, was responsible for the efficiency of the Government (Doge), said they were working on the closure of the US Agency for USAID foreign countries, because, according to him, the agency is not “repaired”.
On February 4, it became known that US President Donald Trump has appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio to manage the USAID International Development Agency.
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