The European Union has fully provided Ukraine with the first tranche in the amount of EUR1 billion of new emergency new macro-financial assistance, said the head of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
“These funds will help Ukraine meet its urgent financial needs in the wake of unprovoked and unjustified Russian aggression. The €1 billion will strengthen Ukraine at a critical juncture,” she wrote on Linkedin on Tuesday.
On the eve of the receipt of the first EUR500 million from this tranche in Ukraine, Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced, adding that the second EUR500 million is expected on Tuesday, August 2.
As reported, the EU has previously approved the allocation of new emergency macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine for EUR9 billion, of which EUR1 billion has been allocated so far. The remaining EUR8 billion is expected to come in one tranche, but the final decision on them is being delayed.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky on the eve appealed to French President Emmanuel Macron with a request to unblock macrofinancial assistance from the European Union.
