MOSCOW, December 15. /TASS/. The US and European countries are currently facing challenges in securing funds for Kiev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

"As for talk that it is time to cut aid to Ukraine, we have heard it. And it’s not just talk, as both Europe and the US are already having real difficulty finding extra money to continue supporting [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s regime, which has clearly failed to live up to expectations," Lavrov pointed out at a press conference with top Belarusian diplomat Sergey Aleinik following a joint board meeting of the two countries’ foreign ministries.

Lavrov explained that the Kiev regime "has failed to play the role of a tool to undermine Russia's security and wipe out our common history and culture, as well as to eliminate all things Russian, in the areas it continues to control."