In view of the atrocious Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure, Ukraine needs humanitarian aid to help the most vulnerable in Ukraine to get through upcoming winter, so the EU is ready to provide assistance to Ukraine to cope with this task.

“Having seen in the last days the atrocious and deliberate attacks of Russia against civilian infrastructure, Ukraine has other needs that have to be addressed. For example, the mobilisation of humanitarian aid to help the most vulnerable in Ukraine to get through this winter – in particular the more than 11 million internally displaced people, by now, who need support; who need access to water, electricity, heating; who need shelter. We have announced this week that we will provide a further EUR 175 million for food, for shelter, for health support and for education. And we will provide emergency shelters in the Rivne, Bucha and Kharkiv regions,” Ursula von der Leyen said following the European Council meeting.

As noted, the European Commission is in very close contact with the Ukrainian authorities to address the humanitarian needs. For that purpose, Commissioner Lenarčič arrived in Ukraine this week to assess the situation on site and activate the Civil Protection Mechanism and to look at how best and quickly the EU can support Ukraine to deal with these vicious and atrocious attacks on the civilian infrastructure

As reported, on October 20-21, a two-day meeting of the heads of state and government of the European Union was held in Brussels to find solutions to the current energy crisis provoked by Russia. In the international bloc, the leaders of the EU member states considered the situation in Ukraine and confirmed their readiness to continue supporting it in its fight against the Russian invasion.