State Department ENDS All Funding Towards Ukrainian Energy Grid Restoration

Following Volodymyr Zelensky’s bad attitude and disrespectful behavior towards President Trump in the Oval Office today, the U.S. State Department has just dropped all support of Ukraine’s energy grid restoration efforts.

Up until this point, the U.S. has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in helping Ukraine restore their energy grid in the fallout from near-constant Russian attacks.

But now, that support is over.

Ukraine is on their own to keep their power going.

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🚨BREAKING State Department Marco Rubio has TERMINATED the U.S. SUPPORT of Ukraine energy grid restoration after DISRESPECTFUL BEHAVIOUR in U.S OVAL OFFICE from Zelensky today

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— SANTINO (@MichaelSCollura) February 28, 2025

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— 🇺🇸CHAUNCEY I. BROWN III (American Patriot) (@USAFirstPatriot) February 28, 2025

The State Department has terminated U.S. support of Ukraine energy grid restoration::

The USAID initiative had invested hundreds of millions of dollars in helping Ukraine's energy grid recover from attacks from Russia.

— Outspoken™️ (@Out5p0ken) February 28, 2025

NBC News reported on the details:

The State Department this week terminated a U.S. Agency for International Development initiative that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars to help restore Ukraine’s energy grid from attacks by the Russian military, according to two USAID officials working on the agency’s Ukraine mission.

Power outages have been applied overnight in some regions of Ukraine due to the attacks on energy facilities. The country’s systems have sustained near-constant impact throughout the course of the three-year war.

“It significantly undercuts this administration’s abilities to negotiate on the ceasefire, and it’d signal to Russia that we don’t care about Ukraine or our past investments,” one USAID official involved in the Ukraine mission told NBC News.

The official continued: “Russia is fighting a two-pronged war in Ukraine: A military one but also an economic one. They’re trying to crush the economy, but USAID has played a central role in helping it be resilient, [including] shoring up the energy grid…We’ve provided vast amount of support to the Ukrainian government to avoid a macro economic crisis.”

In addition to ending the Ukraine Energy Security Project, USAID is also dramatically downsizing its presence in Ukraine.

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