The amount of charitable assistance received for Ukraine from citizens and corporations from around the world has reached almost $924 million, and the funds continue to flow, according to the website of the Office of the President on Thursday.
“They (funds – IF) go mainly to the accounts of UN agencies and international humanitarian organizations. And they, in turn, send them to help our refugees in different countries,” said Andriy Yermak, head of the President’s Office, head of the Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian and Social Affairs .
Most of the funds came from philanthropists from the UK (47%), the Netherlands (almost 18%), the Czech Republic (11%) and the USA (almost 8%).
Yulia Sokolovskaya, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, noted that 270,000 tons of humanitarian aid were brought into Ukraine in 50 days. Food was purchased from Ukrainian producers and food packages were completed for almost 12 million Ukrainians.
As First Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko noted, on the western border with Poland, Hungary, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, logistics centers were deployed in the first week, where international donors and partners send humanitarian aid.
The Lviv region has become the largest humanitarian aid hub in Ukraine, accepting 51% of the cargoes with help from abroad.
From humanitarian hubs located throughout the country, the cargo is distributed among regional military administrations, charitable organizations, local governments, public organizations and volunteers, said Deputy Head of the President’s Office Kyrylo Tymoshenko.
In addition, according to him, using the help.gov.ua platform, people from all over the world fill out questionnaires every day and send help to Ukraine.
