The United States signed an agreement on Jan. 28 to provide $2 billion in loan guarantees to help war-torn Ukraine with 'near-term social spending' in 2015 and said it was prepared to step up economic sanctions against Russia if necessary.
Russia's War Against Ukraine
Reuters: US provides more aid to Ukraine
A Ukrainian serviceman of the Donbass volunteer battalion rides a swing after a clean-up operation in a village in the Lysychansk district of the Lugansk region, controlled by pro-Russian separatists, on Jan. 28, 2015.
