While on the United States side, parliamentarians have not decided on the next phase of financial, military and humanitarian aid to support Ukraine, and a government hostile to military aid could soon take the lead of Slovakia after the elections this Saturday, September 30, Ukrainians do not really fear a drying up of Western support.
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With our correspondent in kyiv, Emmanuelle Chaze
Between theomission of Ukrainian aid in US Senate vote during the night of Saturday to Sunday, October 1, and Slovak elections which could see a pro-Russian government take charge of the country, this political weekend was carefully observed from Ukraine. But the population remains confident in Western aid, as these residents of kyiv testify.
“ I think this budget (American) will be reviewed and everything can change, I hope… You know, we have no influence on that, so we can only do things on our scale for our victory », Supports a woman.
“ Considering how Hungary treats us, and now Slovakia, I’m worried about these countriesstill cares about another. As for the United States, I don’t think their aid will be affected, I still believe in it, I have friends there, volunteers, soldiers, they will continue to support us. »
For his part, the spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oleh Nikolenko, affirms that even if certain aid programs could be affected, the aid provided by the United States should not be impacted overall. A point of view shared by the head of the presidential administration, Andriy Yermak, who does not believe in a sudden change in Washington’s policy towards kyiv.