{"id":1757006,"date":"2022-11-30T12:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757006"},"modified":"2022-11-30T12:18:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:18:13","slug":"biden-admin-pledges-53-million-to-help-restore-ukraines-damaged-power-grid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-pledges-53-million-to-help-restore-ukraines-damaged-power-grid\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Admin Pledges $53 Million to Help Restore Ukraine\u2019s Damaged Power Grid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-admin-pledges-53-million-to-help-restore-ukraines-damaged-power-grid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757006&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Biden administration on Tuesday vowed to provide\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> with $53 million to help the war-torn nation acquire critical electric grid equipment amid repeated missile attacks from Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State\u00a0Antony Blinken\u00a0announced the funding\u00a0during a meeting with NATO allies and Group of Seven members on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis equipment will be rapidly delivered to Ukraine on an emergency basis to help Ukrainians persevere through the winter,\u201d the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/energy-security-support-to-ukraine\/\">State Department<\/a> said. \u201cThis supply package will include distribution transformers, circuit breakers, surge arresters, disconnectors, vehicles, and other key equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have conducted a string of attacks on Ukraine\u2019s\u00a0energy infrastructure since October in what some officials believe to be a deliberate move to harm millions of civilians who are being left without heat or electricity as temperatures fell below zero.<\/p>\n<p>In a Nov. 23 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/minenergoUkraine\/posts\/pfbid04FfF3bQ7FL8vanNFcfvZDXZGnpD3c2WbeLZ4fBHu7pRsXmEw3cNvdcQWeUFME4djl\">post<\/a> on Facebook,\u00a0Ukraine\u2019s Energy Ministry said that significant shelling by Russian forces had resulted in temporary blackouts at\u00a0nuclear plants, most heating and hydroelectric plants, and had also impacted electrical facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, the vast majority of electricity consumers across the country have been disrupted. There are some emergency outages happening. The lack of electricity can affect the availability of heat and water supply,\u201d the ministry wrote. \u201cOnly terrorists do this to a nation they cannot defeat so they try to simply destroy.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Washington Wants to Send More Money<\/h2>\n<p>The Russian attacks have resulted in Ukraine imposing regular emergency blackouts across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow denies targeting\u00a0civilians as part of its \u201cspecial military operation\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The latest financial assistance from the United States comes shortly after\u00a0the U.S. Agency for International Development in October <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usaid.gov\/news-information\/press-releases\/oct-6-2022-united-states-announces-55-million-in-emergency-assistance-to-help-ukraine-prepare-for-winter\">announced<\/a> it would grant\u00a0$55 million in emergency infrastructure support in Ukraine ahead of the winter season.<\/p>\n<p>That funding will support the repairs and maintenance of pipes and other equipment necessary to deliver heating to homes, hospitals, schools, and businesses across Ukraine, officials said. It includes\u00a0funding for generators, as well as money for\u00a0alternative fuel sources to hospitals and shelters among others.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration recently requested $37.7 billion in additional funds for Ukraine. If approved by Congress, the total military and other assistance for Russia\u2019s neighbor would amount to about $105 billion since the start of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/so6UA#selection-415.26-415.275\">reached\u00a0an agreement\u00a0<\/a>with the Biden administration to receive 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas from the United States over the\u00a0fourth quarter of 2022 and the first three months of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to identify additional support with allies and partners, and we are also helping to devise long-term solutions for grid restoration and repair, along with our assistance for Ukraine\u2019s effort to advance the energy transition and build an energy system decoupled from Russian energy,\u201d the\u00a0State Department said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month,\u00a0a group of Republican lawmakers, led by\u00a0Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), introduced a bill aimed at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gop-lawmakers-introduce-resolution-to-audit-ukraine-aid-funds-citing-ties-with-democrat-donor_4871738.html?utm_source=ai&#038;utm_medium=search\">auditing<\/a> how\u00a0U.S. tax dollars approved by Congress for the war-torn country\u2014including all\u00a0military, civilian, and financial assistance\u2014are being spent.<\/p>\n<p>The legislation comes amid soaring inflation across the United States that is seriously hampering the purchasing power of Americans and weighing heavily on\u00a0households who are forking out significantly more for everything from food to gas.<\/p>\n<p>It also comes amid reports of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/relationship-among-ftx-ukraine-and-democrats-sparks-speculation_4862458.html\">alleged\u00a0relationship<\/a> between failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX, Ukraine funding, and Democrat campaigns in the United States.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-katabella-roberts\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/ttl7dayERL_WEB_KatabellaRoberts.jpg\" alt=\"Katabella Roberts\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.\n<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration on Tuesday vowed to provide\u00a0Ukraine with $53 million to help the war-torn nation acquire critical electric grid equipment amid repeated missile attacks from Russian forces.Secretary of State\u00a0Antony<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1697968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1757006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1757006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1757006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1697968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1757006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1757006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1757006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}