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European Commission to provide 2.5 billion euros of financial assistance to Ukraine - von der Leyen

“We are planning €18 billion for 2023, with funding disbursed regularly.”

 European Commission to provide 2.5 billion euros of financial assistance to Ukraine - von der Leyen
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The European Commission will provide Ukraine with another 2.5 billion in financial assistance, the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen said on her Twitter.

"We are planning €18 billion for 2023, with funding disbursed regularly. For urgent repairs and fast recovery leading to a successful reconstruction. We will keep on supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes," she wrote.

Earlier, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said that Ukraine would receive 2.5 billion euros of macro-financial assistance from the EU next week.

He also reported that Ukraine had received more than $23 billion in international financial assistance since the beginning of the full-scale war, including $4.8 billion from the EU and $8.5 billion from the United States.

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