The EU has provided Ukraine with the first 300 million euros from a package of 1.2 billion - European Commission

Alvina Kaminska

The EU has provided Ukraine with the first 300 million euros of emergency macro-financial assistance from a package of 1.2 billion euros

The President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced this on Twitter, Rubryka reports.

"Putin's war is putting severe military and economic pressure on the brave people of Ukraine. Europe has always supported them.

Today, we have paid 300 million euros in emergency macro-financial assistance. This is the first payment from the package of 1.2 billion euros. Accordingly, the next ones are ahead," she wrote.

Путінська війна чинить жорстокий військовий та економічний тиск на хоробрих людей України. Європа незмінно їх пітримує.

Сьогодні ми виплатили 300 мільйонів євро екстреної макрофінансової допомоги 🇺🇦

Це перший платіж із пакету в 1,2 мільярда євро. Відповдіно наступні попереду. pic.twitter.com/r1wfc57QqK

— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) March 11, 2022

To recap, earlier the European Commission approved the provision of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 1.2 billion euros.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen called on the European Parliament and the EU to pay the first tranche of 600 million euros as soon as possible.