US Department of State Representative Ned Price. File photoWASHINGTON, May 11.Considering the issue of allocating a $40 billion aid package to Kyiv, Washington is counting on a speedy resolution of the crisis around Ukraine, the State Department said. since October) about $40 billion. Price noted that the United States, speaking of allocating $10 billion a month to the country, expects that the conflict over Ukraine will be resolved «as soon as possible.» «/>The U.S. is «absolutely ready» to be involved in rebuilding Ukraine, State Department Price said despite the high cost to the U.S., the alternative to helping Ukraine «will cost more.» dollars. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and On March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
