US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm US support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion and promote US economic aid that is bolstering Ukraine’s war effort. | Reuters
Yellen said she welcomed Zelensky’s actions to strengthen governance and address corruption – actions needed to ensure that US economic aid is being spent responsibly, a message she repeated in her meeting with Marchenko.
In public remarks, Shmyhal said he and Yellen discussed additional sanctions on Russia, including confiscating frozen Russian assets to benefit Ukraine’s recovery. She traveled into Kyiv via an overnight train with a small group of senior aides after landing in a US military aircraft near Rzeszow, Poland, near Ukraine’s western border, and left again by overnight train after a full day of meetings.
She stopped to inspect a destroyed Russian tank and mobile artillery piece on display at a city square cleared of visitors and met with first responders from the city’s emergency services.Yellen visited Kyiv on her return to Washington from a G20 finance leaders meeting in Bengaluru, India, where she urged counterparts to boost economic aid to Ukraine and insisted that G20 ministers issue a strong condemnation of Russia’s invasion.
Ukraine is estimated to need $40 billion to $57 billion in external financing this year to support its economy and is negotiating a $15.5 billion loan program with the International Monetary Fund to partly fill the gap.
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