USAID funded Ukrainian group that smeared Vance – Grayzone | 10 March 2025 | The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has been implicated in funding a Ukrainian organization, Molfar, which labeled Vice President JD Vance and other U.S. officials and public figures “foreign propagandists” aligned with Russia, according to an investigation by The Grayzone. Molfar, established in 2019, describes itself as an open-source intelligence community platform which “collects lists of Ukrainian enemies to bring war criminals to justice.” The group’s website identifies USAID and the U.S. Civil Research and Development Fund (CRDF) as partners, indicating financial and operational support from U.S. government agencies. The group’s online blacklist not only targeted Vice President Vance for his statements opposing continued US financial support for Kiev and Ukraine’s NATO membership, but also other American figures, including U.S. Counterterrorism Director Joe Kent and Republican Congressman Thomas Massie.