US dollars. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 8The U.S. will provide Ukraine with an additional $4.5 billion in direct budget support to pay the salaries of civil servants, teachers and doctors, as well as to provide gas and electricity to infrastructure, it was reported on Monday, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).»The resources provided will allow the government of Ukraine to perform key functions, such as supplying gas and electricity to hospitals, schools and other critical infrastructure, supplying humanitarian aid, and continuing to pay the salaries of civil servants, medical workers and teachers «Of the entire additional package of assistance that Washington will provide Kyiv through the World Bank, $ 3 billion will be received in August. «This contribution was made possible thanks to the generous bipartisan support of Congress,» USAID noted. «After that how additional funds will be fully paid, the volume directly U.S. government budget support for Ukraine will reach $8.5 billion,» the agency added.
