The Ukrainian Finance Ministry obtained $41.7 billion in worldwide help in 2024, Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko mentioned in a televized assertion on Dec. 30.

The worldwide help helped Ukraine to make sure full social funds amid vital protection expenditures, he mentioned.

"This 12 months, we’ve got already secured $41.7 billion in help from our companions, which allowed us to totally fund pensions, salaries within the training and healthcare sectors, and your complete humanitarian-social system," Marchenko mentioned.

On Dec. 25, in response to Russia's mass assault on the nation on Christmas Day, President Joe Biden directed the Pentagon to "proceed its surge" of weapons deliveries to Ukraine.

On Dec. 27, the Related Press (AP) reported, citing unnamed U.S. officers, that the U.S. is planning to ship $1.25 billion in army help to Ukraine. Officers mentioned the announcement is anticipated to come back on Dec. 30.

Additionally on Dec. 27, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal mentioned that the U.S. Company for Worldwide Growth (USAID), in coordination with the World Financial institution beneath the PEACE in Ukraine program, has delivered $485 million in humanitarian help for Ukraine.

"The funds will probably be allotted to compensate for social and humanitarian expenditures within the state price range," Shmyhal mentioned.

Ukraine ends year battered, with Russian troops pushing north, east, and southThe entire year 2024 saw Ukrainian troops on the back foot, losing territory to the advancing Russian troops in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast and eastern Donetsk Oblast. Russia captured Avdiivka — an industrial city in Donetsk Oblast — in February, kickstarting Moscow’s offensives all across the regi…The Kyiv IndependentAsami Terajima