Has anyone seen an extra $101 billion laying around?

Editor's note: Increasing amounts of money need to be pumped into the financial system by the central banks to keep it going and that includes the billions pumped into Ukraine. It's like giving artificial respiration to a dead man who will never be resuscitated. This is of course if Ukraine's Zelensky is actually being honest about where the remaining billions are? Maybe Antony Blinken knows where all the money has been siphoned off to? The same redundant question is being asked: What was the Ukrainian war for? Simple, mega war contractor profiteering (it was a "gold rush" in 2024) supporting a British commercial war of attrition against Russia. Don't ask Biden. He wouldn't know unless of course he could personally profit it off it. Has anyone bothered to ask what the chain of financial custody is on $200 billion? Just in case no one has been noticing the US Treasury is being pillaged. 
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Zelensky: Ukraine received US$76 billion out of US$177 billion approved by America

By Kateryna Tyshchenko | February 2, 2025

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has clarified that of the approximately US$177 billion in aid approved by the US for Ukraine, the country has received about US$76 billion.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with Associated Press.

Quote: "When I hear – both in the past and even now – from the US that America has provided Ukraine with hundreds of billions [of dollars] (177, to be precise, based on what Congress approved), as the president of a nation at war, I can tell you – we've received more than US$75 billion.

So, when people talk about US$177 billion or even US$200 billion, we’ve never received that. We’re talking about tangible things because this aid didn’t come as cash but rather as weapons, which amounted to about US$70 billion.

But when it’s said that Ukraine received US$200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went. Perhaps it’s true on paper with hundreds of different programmes – I won’t argue, and we're immensely grateful for everything. But in reality, we received about US$76 billion. It’s significant aid, but it’s not US$200 billion."

Details: Regarding the suspension of funding for humanitarian programmes, Zelenskyy highlighted specific cases such as a US$200 million energy-related programme and others in healthcare and border security.

Quote: "Those US$300-400 million are the programmes the state received. We will manage this. I will secure support either from European partners or through internal resources."

More details: Zelenskyy emphasised to the US the importance of maintaining veteran and healthcare programmes during wartime.

Quote: "There are also many other humanitarian programmes I’m uninformed about, except for knowing of their existence. Perhaps the US President’s administration will audit these programmes and find additional billions, but I don’t know where those funds went. When the war started, many Ukrainian organisations left the country, likely following signals from the US embassy. Probably, these various organisations were funded by different foundations."

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Zelensky has been saying this all along:

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