Ukraine has received approximately $1.7 billion (2.3 billion Canadian dollars) from Canada as part of the ERA initiative. These funds are secured by income from frozen Russian assets.
This was announced by Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
The head of government notes that, in total, since the beginning of the year, taking into account the latest tranche, the Ukrainian budget has received approximately $17.6 billion from frozen Russian assets.
"Together with our partners, we are forcing Russia to pay for its crimes and destruction. We insist on the full confiscation of Russia's frozen funds. They are needed to pay compensation to those affected by the aggression and to rebuild our state. This will also be an act of justice to prevent aggressive wars in the future," Shmyhal added.
- In May, Ukraine received €1 billion from the EU under the ERA programme, which provides up to €50 billion in aid to Ukraine.