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EU puts further $54 million towards humanitarian aid for Ukraine

17 April 2022 15:35 (UTC +04:00)

The European Union is allocating a further €50 million ($54 million) in humanitarian aid to support those impacted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission said Sunday, APA reports citing Reuters.

The package includes €45 million ($48.6 million) for humanitarian projects in Ukraine and €5 million ($5.4 million) for neighboring Moldova. Neither country is an EU member state.

According to the statement, the funding will be used to “address the most pressing humanitarian needs by providing emergency medical services, access to safe drinking water and hygiene, shelter and protection, cash assistance, and support against gender-based violence.”

“With millions of people on the move or trapped in active war zones, the needs in Ukraine are already massive. Now, we need to be prepared for a further increase in Russia's ruthless attacks on Ukraine, notably in the east,” the EU's commissioner for crisis management, Janez Lenarčič, said.

“[The money] will help people in hard-to-reach areas who are cut off from access to healthcare, water and electricity, and those, who have been forced to flee and leave everything behind," he said, adding:

Ukraine, we are with you."
The EU has so far put €143 million ($154.6 million) toward humanitarian help in Ukraine.

This funding is part of the €1 billion ($1.08 billion) support package pledged by the European Commission earlier this month.