Today, April 5, Minister of Finance of Ukraine Sergiy Marchenko and World Bank Regional Director for Eastern Europe (Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine) Arup Banerjee signed an Agreement on the provision of a grant to Ukraine in the amount of $2.5 billion. This is reported by the website of the Ministry of Finance of Ukraine.

These funds were provided by the United States. This is the second grant to Ukraine from the United States planned for 2023. Their total amount this year should be $9.9 billion.. The funds of the second grant were directed to the Multi-Donor Trust Fund as the fourth additional funding under the "

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The next grant funds will be used to ensure the operation of the system of state bodies, education, healthcare and first response services, as well as to ensure pension payments and individual state social assistance programs.

Since the start of the PEACE in Ukraine Project, Ukraine has received grants and loans totaling $14 billion and 1.2 billion euros.

Earlier it was reported that Ukraine recently received the first grant from the United States as part of the funding of the PEACE in Ukraine Project.