‘People are starving and thirsty’: As the US sends aid to Ukraine, some say it’s not flowing fast enough
- Congress has approved billions of dollars in humanitarian aid for Ukraine relief efforts.
- Some Ukrainian aid workers and volunteers say they are still in desperate need of supplies.
- The Biden administration says it’s balancing speed with the need to ensure funds are properly spent.
WASHINGTON – The day after Russia invaded Ukraine, World Central Kitchen was dishing up hot meals to the war’s refugees.
Jose Andrés, the celebrity chief who founded the privately funded non-profit, assumed “the big guys” would show up soon after.
“But it took weeks for them to establish any presence,” Andrés recently told a congressional committee overseeing the billions of dollars the United States has committed to relief efforts in and around Ukraine.