Finance

Home page

Finance

Germany pledges more than $50 million in winter aid to Ukraine

13 December 2022 21:19 (UTC +04:00)

Germany on Tuesday pledged an additional $53,2 million to support Ukraine over the winter period as it faces an onslaught of Russian attacks on its critical infrastructure, leaving millions of civilians without electricity, heating and water, APA report citing CNN.

Confirming the pledge in a tweet, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to “break Ukrainians with his brutal tactic of plunging them into the cold,” adding: “We won't let that happen.”

Germany will send equipment to help restore Ukraine’s energy grid, including generators and transformers, Baerbock said in a tweet.

“Putin's bombs mean that doctors have to operate on a boy's heart by the light of their cell phones. That children do homework in candlelight with hats, scarves & jackets,” she added.

The money was part of a total of more than one billion dollars pledged by 46 countries and 24 international organizations at a conference in Paris on Tuesday that aimed to mobilize immediate support for Ukraine between December and March.

Switzerland also announced a pledge of more than $100 million to Ukraine, according to a Tuesday press release by the Swiss government.