Dipatimenti ya Zamalonda ku US yalengeza pa nthawi ya 9 ya komweko kuti iyimitsa msonkho pa zitsulo zomwe zimatumizidwa kuchokera ku Ukraine kwa chaka chimodzi.
Mu chikalata chake, Nduna ya Zamalonda ku US, Raymond, adati kuti athandize Ukraine kubwezeretsa chuma chake kuchokera ku mkangano pakati pa Russia ndi Ukraine, United States iyimitsa kusonkhanitsa misonkho ya zitsulo zochokera ku Ukraine kwa chaka chimodzi. Raymond adati izi cholinga chake chinali kuwonetsa anthu aku Ukraine kuti akuthandizidwa ndi United States.
Mu lipoti lake, Dipatimenti ya Zamalonda ku US yagogomezera kufunika kwa makampani opanga zitsulo ku Ukraine, ponena kuti munthu m'modzi mwa anthu 13 ku Ukraine amagwira ntchito mufakitale yachitsulo. "Mafakitale opanga zitsulo ayenera kukhala okonzeka kutumiza zitsulo kunja ngati akufuna kupitiliza kukhala njira yothandiza anthu aku Ukraine pazachuma," adatero Raymond.
Malinga ndi ziwerengero za atolankhani aku US, Ukraine ndi dziko la 13 padziko lonse lapansi lomwe limapanga zitsulo zambiri, ndipo 80% ya zitsulo zake zimatumizidwa kunja.
Malinga ndi US Census Bureau, US idatumiza zitsulo zokwana matani 130000 kuchokera ku Ukraine mu 2021, zomwe zikutanthauza kuti ndi 0.5% yokha ya zitsulo zomwe US ​​idatumiza kuchokera kumayiko akunja.
Atolankhani aku US akukhulupirira kuti kuyimitsidwa kwa mitengo yachitsulo chochokera ku Ukraine ndi "chizindikiro" kwambiri.
Mu 2018, boma la Trump linalengeza za msonkho wa 25% pa zitsulo zochokera kunja kuchokera kumayiko ambiri, kuphatikizapo Ukraine, chifukwa cha "chitetezo cha dziko". Aphungu ambiri ochokera m'magulu onse awiri apempha boma la Biden kuti lithetse mfundo imeneyi ya misonkho.
Kuwonjezera pa United States, European Union posachedwapa yaimitsa msonkho pa katundu yense wochokera ku Ukraine, kuphatikizapo zitsulo, zinthu zamafakitale ndi zinthu zaulimi.
Kuyambira pomwe Russia idayamba ntchito zankhondo ku Ukraine pa 24 February, United States yapereka ndalama zokwana $3.7 biliyoni zothandizira usilikali ku Ukraine ndi mayiko oyandikana nayo. Nthawi yomweyo, United States yatenga zilango zingapo motsutsana ndi Russia, kuphatikizapo zilango motsutsana ndi Purezidenti wa Russia Vladimir Putin ndi anthu ena, kupatula mabanki ena aku Russia mu dongosolo lolipira la ndalama lapadziko lonse la Telecommunications Association (Swift), ndikuyimitsa ubale wabwinobwino wamalonda ndi Russia.