Penny Pritzker in Ukraine
https://www.foxnews.com/world/as-it-cuts-russia-ties-ukraine-can-expect-years-of-dependency-on-west-before-economy-recovers
Pritzker's visit coincided with the U.S. announcement that it would give Ukraine another $1 billion in loan guarantees on condition the country makes a series of reforms. That comes on top of a $17.5 billion aid program from the International Monetary Fund.
The U.S. official was in Ukraine to help the government push through judicial and anti-corruption measures that would, hopefully, attract the investment needed to wean the country off Western aid.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Pritzker called the U.S. administration's decision to give the loan guarantee "a vote of confidence." She said the Ukrainian government's progress on reforms over the last six to nine months was "extraordinary."
For Pritzker, her visit mixed old-fashioned commercial diplomacy — bringing a group of U.S. business executives along — and the personal. Until the late 19th century, long before the family built the Hyatt brand into a global hotel chain, the Pritzkers lived south of Kiev and took their name from Voloshchenko's village of Velyki Prytsky.