The US Department of Defense provided the State Border Service of Ukraine with military radio communications devices worth $ 21 million, the press service of the State Fire Service.

"Devices of radio communication for $ 21 million came in the framework of a joint project with the US government of the International Technical Assistance" Strengthening the State Border Service of Ukraine, "the message said..

Earlier, Foreign Policy reported that the US plans to significantly reduce the cost of financial assistance to other countries through USAID (US Agency for International Development) and are considering the possibility of merging this organization with the US Department of State.

It is noted that USAID currently operates in more than 100 countries, including Ukraine. The draft budget proposes to reduce the funding of Ukrainian programs to $ 177 million from more than $ 570 million, which were planned earlier. Thus, the reduction may amount to 68.8%.

Read more about the first results of the work of the new US administration in an article by Aleksey Kuropyatnik, Bogdan Yaremenko, Oleg Belokolos and Alexander Khara "100 Days of President Donald Trump" in the weekly "Mirror of the Week. Ukraine".