US, Ukraine Sign $2 Bln Loan Guarantee Declaration

At least $25 million in funds for social services and poverty alleviation programs in the Lower Brule Sioux Reservation in the US state of South Dakota have been systemically appropriated by tribal authorities, according to a report issued by HRW Monday.KYIV, January 28 (Sputnik) – The United States and Ukraine have signed a declaration on cooperating in providing loan guarantees with the United States giving Ukraine $2 billion, Ukrainian Finance Minister Natalya Jaresko said Wednesday.

“A declaration was signed between the US and Ukraine on cooperation in the area of providing loan guarantees. The US government has provided Ukraine a loan guarantee of $2 billion,” Jaresko said at a briefing following a meeting with US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew in Kyiv.