# Ukraine will be forced to repay Western aid, Duma speaker says

https://mins.news/en/item/32946

- TASS, 2026-08-26 10:45 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2177877

> State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said Ukraine will have to repay all aid provided by Western countries. He said the Zelensky regime is staying afloat through the payments and called Western assistance a centuries-old bondage imposed on the Ukrainian people.