China News Service, Brussels, April 17 (Reporter De Yongjian) Following the additional aid of 90 million euros at the end of February, the European Union announced on the 17th that it would add an additional 50 million euros of emergency humanitarian aid to Ukraine, aiming to help remote areas of Ukraine and travel to neighboring countries. refugees.
According to the announcement issued by the European Commission on the same day, 50 million euros will be divided into two parts, of which 45 million euros will be used to finance aid projects in Ukraine, and the remaining 5 million euros will be used to finance aid projects in Ukraine's neighboring country Moldova. Aid for drinking water, sanitation, emergency shelter, cash, etc., will also help stop violence against Ukrainian women.
The European Commission's Crisis Management Commissioner, Lenarcic, said in the announcement that millions of people in Ukraine have fled their homes or are trapped in war zones, the humanitarian needs are huge, and they need to prepare for a possible escalation of conflicts in eastern Ukraine and other places. ; The EU hopes to further expand the scale of aid to cover remote areas of Ukraine and people who have sought refuge in neighboring countries.
This is the second time the EU has sent additional emergency humanitarian aid to Ukraine since Russia launched a special military operation against Ukraine in late February this year.
On February 28, the EU announced an additional emergency humanitarian aid of 90 million euros to Ukraine, of which 85 million euros will be used to finance aid projects in Ukraine and the remaining 5 million euros will be used to finance aid projects in Moldova.
In addition, EU member states are providing assistance to Ukraine through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.
According to the announcement of the European Commission, so far, with the help of the logistics centers established by the EU in Poland, Romania and Slovakia, EU member states have provided more than 19,000 tons of materials to Ukraine, including medicines, food, generators, emergency shelter equipment and other important materials.
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