She raised the issue again at a subsequent meeting of all E.U. finance ministers, the person said.
Zelensky on Wednesday said Ukraine needs as much as $38 billion in emergency economic help from the West for next year’s budget alone.
Yellen’s comments were a thinly veiled reference to the E.U., which has almost entirely given its aid in loans.
The European Commission is also pledging to have disbursed 10.2 billion euros in emergency economic support for Ukraine by the end of the year, excluding military aid, Veerle said.
“The E.U. has been welcoming millions of refugees from Ukraine and has been taking care of them on E.U. territory.
The European Union is contending with its own set of challenges amid a darkening global economic outlook.
But the economic situation in Ukraine is worse, and warnings have accelerated in recent weeks despite the nation’s victories on the battlefield over Russia. »
