“We ... decided to pay Ukraine's energy bills, it's kind of strange that we are doing this at a time when we have a real energy crisis for the first time since the mid-1970s,” Carlson said.

According to him, Americans are "freezing" in their homes due to rising fuel prices.

Earlier, John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the White House National Security Council, said in an interview with NBC that the United States plans to provide Kyiv with the first batch of assistance to restore energy infrastructure in the near future.

CNN, citing the US State Department, reported that the United States will provide Ukraine with $53 million to support the country's electricity supply system.

Columnist Todd Wood on the air of the American television channel Fox News said that there is a money laundering team in Ukraine.