American economic assistance to Ukraine can be traced back to 1988. 1988, National Foundation for Democracy (National? Endowment? For what? Democracy), referred to as NED, began to provide financial assistance to Ukrainian NGOs for the first time. Later, NED became one of the important ways for the American government to publicize American government ideology and cultivate pro-American political forces.
After the complete disintegration of the Soviet Union, the United States and Ukraine formally established diplomatic relations in 1992 and began to provide economic assistance to Ukraine. Up to now, they have provided Ukraine with a total of 5 billion dollars.
After years of American economic assistance to Ukraine, Ukraine has become very dependent on the United States economically. Although Ukraine has always pinned its hopes on the United States in economic issues, Ukraine was once a part of the Soviet Union, so its economic system has always been matched with Russia, and it is inseparable from Russia in this respect.
Therefore, under the pretext of Trump's "US priority", Ukraine intends to temporarily suspend 250 million US dollars of military assistance, and Ukraine is also very hurt. Originally, Ukraine had long thought about what to do with this money-to engage in weapons and equipment, improve its military strength, and develop its economy by the way. In the end, all this can only be a daydream.
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