Ukraine receives 2.5 billion euros in assistance from EU

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Published: Nov 22, 2022, 12:36 GMT+00:00

KYIV (Reuters) - Ukraine received a new 2.5 billion euro ($2.57 billion) tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union on Tuesday, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

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KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine received a new 2.5 billion euro ($2.57 billion) tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union on Tuesday, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

“The total amount (of macro-financial assistance) provided to Ukraine from February 24 (by the EU) reaches €6.7 bln,” Marchenko wrote on Twitter.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Twitter that the assistance was “another step of solidarity,” and expressed gratitude to EU leaders.

($1 = 0.9744 euros)

(Reporting by Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)

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