More than one million Ukrainians have received winter assistance from the UN Refugee Agency, the Ministry of Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine reports.
“In recent months, one of the priorities of the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is to support Ukrainians during the winter period. First of all, the assistance is aimed at internally displaced persons and other vulnerable categories of the population affected by the war,” the press service of the agency said.
The support program provides temporary housing, materials for repairs and insulation of houses, as well as provision of heaters, blankets, warm clothes and other basic necessities during the cold season. The agency also pays an allowance to cover winter needs.
According to the report, the winter assistance program has already covered more than 1 million people in Ukraine. In particular, more than 800 thousand people received basic necessities (plaids, thermoses, heaters, clothing), almost 300 thousand people received cash payments and more than 12 thousand people received materials for repairs and insulation of houses.
In addition, 55 generators were delivered to critical facilities in 12 regions.
The Netherlands will allocate additional EUR 70 million to Ukraine for the repair of municipal infrastructure on the eve of winter, Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands Liesje Schreinemacher.
“As winter approaches, the problems for Ukrainians are only getting worse. Houses, plumbing and heating systems are in urgent need of repair. I announced to the World Bank that I am already allocating EUR 70 million on behalf of the Netherlands, especially for this winter,” she tweeted.
According to the data of the Ministry of Finance as of October 11, earlier the Netherlands committed to allocate EUR 310 million to finance the budget deficit of Ukraine, of which it has already provided EUR 106 million, including EUR 21 million in the form of grants.
