According to Ukrainian President Zelensky, Ukraine only received a fraction of the funds that the United States government allegedly sent them. Out of the $177 billion in aid that was supposedly send out, Zelensky said that he only received about $75 billion of it.
He said, “I don’t know where all this money is… we never received it.”
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NEW: Ukrainian President Zelensky says Ukraine has only received about $75 billion of the $177 billion in aid that was allegedly sent from the United States.
"I don't know where all this money is… we never received it.”
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— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 2, 2025
So what’s going on? Is it possible this is another score for the conspiracy theorists who claimed that sending almost $200 billion to Ukraine for a war we have no dog in was nothing more than a money laundering scheme?
News 18 reports:
The revelation came after US President Donald Trump’s administration froze virtually all foreign aid with the exception of Israel and Egypt. However, Zelenskyy had then said that the US had not “stopped” military aid for Ukraine.
However, in an interview with the Associated Press, the Ukrainian President said he received less than half of what was approved by the US and he was unaware of where those funds went. “When I hear – both in the past and even now – from the US that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions (of dollars), as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you – we’ve received more than $75 billion,” he said.
Zelenskyy refuted reports that Ukraine had received $200 billion from the US to support its war effort against Russia. “So, when people talk about $177 billion or even $200 billion, we’ve never received that. We’re talking about tangible things because this aid didn’t come as cash but rather as weapons, which amounted to about US$70 billion,” he added.
However, Zelenskyy expressed gratitude for US support during the war, saying the aid did not come as cash but rather as weapons. “But when it’s said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went,” he told AP.
Zelenskyy also emphasised to the US the importance of maintaining veteran and healthcare programmes during wartime. “Perhaps the US President’s administration will audit these programmes and find additional billions, but I don’t know where those funds went,” he added.
If Ukraine only received $75 billion, then where did the rest of the BILLIONS go? Someone needs to start checking the bank accounts of our “trusty” lawmakers.