“Thanks to our rescEU reserve (the rescue component of the EU civil protection mechanism. -
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) it will be possible to immediately deploy temporary shelters in three different regions of Ukraine,” Interfax quotes EC crisis management member Janez Lenarcic.
According to him, the European Union increased funding for humanitarian aid, allocating it to provide education, food, access to drinking water and protection from the cold winter for those in need.
The EU has allocated an additional €175 million for these needs.
Earlier, the European Commission reported on the provision of the first tranche of €2 billion to Ukraine as part of the provision of macro-financial assistance from the announced €5 billion.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that at an international conference on October 25 in Berlin, tools for long-term support for Ukraine will be discussed.
At the same time, we will not talk about new guarantees to Kyiv.