Ukraine will ask the US for “gas lend-lease”
According to the Ukrainian prime minister, “gas lend-lease” is necessary for the successful completion of the heating season. The head of Naftogaz, Yuriy Vitrenko, said earlier that Ukraine needs about $8 billion for this
Yuriy Vitrenko
Ukraine intends to apply to the United States with a request for “gas lend-lease” for the heating season. Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced this on Tuesday in his Telegram channel.
“The government of Ukraine has decided to apply to the government of the United States of America to provide our state with a “gas lend-lease” for a stable heating season. Preparations for the worst winter in our history continue, and in this preparation we are looking for all possible tools to be ready for any scenarios,— he wrote.
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In early July, the head of Naftogaz Yuriy Vitrenko estimated the gas reserves needed by Ukraine for winter at 6 billion cubic meters. m, which require about $8 billion, Liga.net reported. The Ukrainian authorities, according to him, are considering various options from where to get money for the purchase of gas, including the issue of obtaining financial assistance for these needs under the American lend-lease program.
July 20 RBC Ukraine» citing his own sources, he said that NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine asked the Cabinet of Ministers for a subsidy of 150 billion hryvnias (about $5 billion) for the purchase of gas for the heating season.
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Since the beginning of Russia's military operation in Ukraine, Washington has already imposed several packages of sanctions against Moscow, and continues to provide military and financial assistance. On May 9, US President Joe Biden signed a lend-lease law for Ukraine, which, among other things, speeds up and simplifies the delivery of military assistance to the country.
In turn, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin then said, that the lend-lease program will lead Ukraine into debt. «Lend-Lease— this is a commodity loan, and not cheap: for all the ammunition, equipment and food supplied by the United States, many future generations of Ukrainian citizens will pay. Zelensky is driving the country into a debt hole, & mdash; he counted.
Lend-Lease— a program under which the United States leased or loaned military hardware and equipment to the Allies during World War II. From March 1941 to August 1945, the United States transferred more than $50 billion in lend-lease assistance to the allies, of which about $11 billion went to the USSR.
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