USAID Update with Bionade

Bionade discusses the work of USAID in Ukraine, the Return on investment to countries around the world, and how important it is for the US government to keep the funding active:Panel:▶️ Geschlittert, @geschlittert - @geschlittert.bsky.social▶️ Joseph, @JThomason88 - @josephthomason.tochnyi.info▶️ Bionade, @b1on4de.bsky.social, @B1on4de▶️ Erlend, @eDrotning - @edrotning.tochnyi.info▶️ Jonathan, @wendy_dyershttps://linktr.ee/tochnyiTune in every Sunday at 21:00 Kyiv time, 20:00 Berlin time, 2 PM New York time, for another episode of Tochnyi Weekly on our YouTube Channel! /@TochnyiPlease subscribe, like, retweet and visit Tochnyi's website to support our latest research and other work. You can watch all live broadcasts on Twitter/X live or YouTube!Tochnyi is a collective project which aims to accurately report, discuss and analyze news and information relating to the Russian Federation’s illegal war against Ukraine.Tochnyi recognizes that the voices of ordinary Ukrainians must be front and center in any reporting.Tochnyi recognizes that all dimensions of Ukrainian society are affected by the war, and so seeks to report on all aspects of its impact.Tochnyi seeks to deliver more than just the headline. Its aim is to unpack the issues behind the headlines, and engage with those stories that slip through the cracks.Further Reading:{It was intended to place a link here for the USAID website for Ukraine, but it has apparently been taken offline by the new “Department of Government Efficiency”, so we’ll give you a link to a news article about taking the website offline instead}AP: https://apnews.com/article/usaid-website-offline-trump-foreign-funding-freeze-9d2ecdaff5c74a9f6b0d6096fa2228ffThe cost of cutting USAID:https://www.usaidstopwork.com/USAID Ukraine’s YouTube channel (still up as of this post):http://www.youtube.com/@usaid_ukraineUS Embassy in Ukraine:https://ua.usembassy.gov/tag/usaid/AP:Volunteers are now tracking what’s already been lost in the USAID freeze:https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-international-development-325c807f4f3930adbaa5c42dfef69c69Forbes:The Wiretap: USAID Was A Big Help In Ukraine’s Cyber War With Russia. Not Any More.https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2025/02/11/usaid-was-a-big-help-in-ukraines-cyber-war-with-russia-not-any-more/PEW Research Center:What the data says about U.S. foreign aidhttps://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2025/02/06/what-the-data-says-about-us-foreign-aid/