German foreign minister announces €200 million winter aid for Ukraine during visit to Kyiv
Pravda Ukraine
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced the allocation of €200 million in additional winter aid to Ukraine during a visit to Kyiv on Monday, 4 November.
Source: European Pravda with reference to DPA, a German news agency
Details: Baerbock reports that Ukraine needs new aid as it approaches the third winter of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Russian attacks on its infrastructure.
The €200 million will be used to increase the German Foreign Office’s emergency humanitarian aid to heat homes near the front line and to “provide Ukrainians with basic necessities such as blankets or warm winter coats to protect them from freezing temperatures,” Baerbock said.
DPA clarifies that this additional aid is not support for the energy sector but is allocated as part of emergency measures to help the Ukrainian population in the winter.
Together with the announced €200 million, the total German funding from humanitarian aid funds, including humanitarian mine clearance, now amounts to €390 million in 2024.
Background:
- Annalena Baerbock arrived on Monday as part of her eighth solidarity visit to Ukraine since the start of the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
- During the visit, the German foreign minister learned more about the use of German-supplied Gepard anti-aircraft systems.
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