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The State Department has ended a major USAID initiative to restore Ukraine’s energy grid, which has suffered continuous Russian attacks.

The move, seen as a signal of declining U.S. support, also includes downsizing USAID’s presence in Ukraine from 64 to just 8 personnel.

Officials warn this could leave Ukraine vulnerable, especially during winter, and reduce oversight of financial aid.

Additionally, a financial sector reform program has been terminated. The decision is part of the broader Trump administration policies shifting away from strong U.S. involvement in Ukraine.

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[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Damn is it nice to see people upset about this.

I literally just got banned from a community cause thsi didn't matter enough, only Gaza. Like, why can't we support saving lives in multiple places

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I'd like to note, the community was a politics board on lemmy.ml. You could breathe the wrong way and they'd ban you over there.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 hours ago

Yeah they banned me but kept up the comment talking about how democrats would dismember every Gaza baby to keep the Ukraine war going

So, I'm kinda glad I'm not going there anymore haha

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -2 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Who is people? I feel like that word is doing a lot of work while in reality, noone cares. At least not anyone that van make a difference.

Yeah, you and I are outraged about it but do you think trump cares? So far there have been hundreds of protesters, sometimes even thousands, whoooohhh, cheeto must be shaking on his fat ass. Quite a few of them were angry cat ladies doing weird dances, and I remember seeing a woman having difficulty trying to say "fuck trump" in public... Yeah, these people surely will make a difference now!

Wake me up when a million protesters in each and every of the major cities in the entire country paralyze the country for a week or so. Wake me up when Democrats organize something that will completely gridlock the US government until Cheeto steps down or something

Until then, I just don't want to hear about "people are really getting angry now!!" No they're not. They don't care, politicians don't care, Democrats don't care.

[–] UrPartnerInCrime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago

Good job at being a stick in the mud.

Keep up ruining the mood, everyone appreciates it

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 68 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump is a Russian asset. We knew this 8 years ago, and we know it today.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 4 points 13 hours ago

he has been one for decades, all the way before the collapse of the ussr, they saw how useful he was to launder money.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 41 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Didn't Krasnov Trump say he wants killing to stop. why is he killing people by crippling energy grid restoration.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 223 points 1 day ago (2 children)

"we can't have a woman in the Whitehouse. She'd be too emotional"

👀

[–] UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 day ago

Don't be silly, anger isn't an emotion, duh.

[–] ntchdr@feddit.nu 3 points 1 day ago

A drama queen would be too much for sure, a drama king however....yes that it!

[–] Hayduke@lemmy.world 200 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Fuck every single person that voted for this doofus rapist shit head. Furthermore, fuck every registered voter that decided to sit this one out because, "reasons". Our country alone arguably deserves the fallout this coward shitstain will stir up, the rest of the world absolutely does not.

I really thought his handling of the covid pandemic (among everything else) would have been a wakeup call to Americans that he is beyond dumb as fuck. He clearly and plainly fucked it every single step of the way. I have since tempered my expectations of my fellow countrymen. Apathy, racism, ignorance and incuriosity will doom this institution.

[–] SaltySalamander@fedia.io 58 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I lost faith in my fellow Americans the day we elected the fuckstick the first time.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Same here. I gained a little back when we rejected his ass last time but after the ensuing bullshit from conservatives during Biden's term, lost it again. I had a feeling trump would win. It's sad but I'm just gonna try and keep my hopes low for the us from now on. I think we will never be anywhere near the top on any front ever again and this is the point the decline is starting to hit hard

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

he only lost last time, because the republicans rigging wasnt enough to counter 81million votes for biden, this time we lost like almost 7mil voters.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Yeah, everything you are saying is why America is a lost cause. Even when we can choose a non-fascist, people won't necessarily care

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[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 194 points 1 day ago (1 children)

God fucking dammit.

You fucking idiot motherfucking rapist orange shithead. And your ketamine boy.

[–] Redacted@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Don't forget the arse-linking, couch fucking lackey.

If only we all could.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 20 points 1 day ago

Russia must be celebrating; USAID was a key pillar in Ukraine’s resilience.

🐱🐱

[–] ChaoticEntropy@feddit.uk 15 points 1 day ago

The world's leading supertoddler.

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

isn’t this the effect of cutting such funds in late January?

[–] wall_panel_96@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Hi, sorry. I'm new here, what does your rainbow pentagon thing next to your name mean? Cheers.

[–] WrenFeathers@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

Without seeing it, I’d imagine that it can either be the fediverse logo, or a supportive LGBTQ+ image relevant to that time back in 2021 when even the Pentaton wasn’t a chickenshit hive of snowflakes that lacked the balls to support a marginalized portion of our population.

But times sure change.

[–] androidul@lemmy.ml 3 points 21 hours ago

hi new here, nice to meet you. I don’t know what you mean, to me these pictures are not shown

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[–] WatDabney@lemmy.dbzer0.com 123 points 1 day ago (32 children)

The Toddler-in-chief hoping that daddy Putin will pat him on the head and tell him what a good boy he is.

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[–] MyOpinion@lemm.ee 61 points 1 day ago

The Orange Turd is a traitor just like the people who voted for him.

[–] resetbypeer@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (8 children)

This was the plan from the beginning. Krasnov and co just needed an nice stage to humiliate him and use it for "reason" to revoke this. Traitor in chief. Utterly disgusting

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[–] MapleEngineer@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago

Bone spurs.

[–] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"Reeee zelenskyy hurt my fee fees! I get to destroy his entire country's economy now!"

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[–] Tyrangle@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trump just wants peace. He wants the killing to stop. And he wants to cut life-saving aid to impoverished countries. And Medicaid.

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[–] Cocopanda 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Vlad is Vladislav
Vladimir is Vova
yeah, weird, i know

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