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3/2/2023

READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenksyy | U.S. De…

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
READOUT: Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen’s Meeting
with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenksyy
February 27, 2023

KYIV – Today, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen met with President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenksyy. Secretary Yellen commended President Zelenskyy for his leadership and
resolve in the face of Russiaʼs illegal and unprovoked war. The Secretary welcomed President
Zelenskyyʼs ongoing actions to strengthen good governance and address corruption.
Secretary Yellen discussed the ongoing U.S. economic support that helps Ukraine continue to
be able to provide vital basic services to its people, including the first transfer of $1.25 billion
out of $9.9 billion in U.S. budget support to be provided over the first three quarters of 2023.
Secretary Yellen also highlighted the e orts of the U.S. and its global coalition to impose
severe sanctions on Russia to degrade its war machine and limit the revenue it has to fund its
brutal war. The Secretary expressed that the United States will continue to stand with
Ukraine for as long as it takes as it defends against Russiaʼs attacks and begins to rebuild a
prosperous and free Ukraine.
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