KIEV, June 22 – The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry is suffering from extremely low financing, according to a source at the ministry.

"The situation with financing is deplorable: We have tried many times to inform the leadership of the country about the problem, but all our attempts were in vain," the source said.

According to the source, even though the ministry has cut the number of its business trips; there are still not enough funds even to cover important trips that significantly influence the external relations of the country. In some cases, officials had to fund their own trips, the source added.