Lithuania will deliver a shipment of humanitarian aid worth 83,532 euros in response to the appeal of the Head of the European Commission DG for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection. Necessary medications and medical equipment worth 42,825 euros will be shipped together with relief supplies that include 50 electric heaters, 100 folding beds, 100 warm sleeping-bags, 2 power generators, 10 fuel-fired heaters, 10 tents and 2,000 wool blankets.
Many European countries such as Germany, Poland, Austria, Finland, Denmark, France, Latvia, Estonia, Croatia and Slovenia have joined the Commission’s initiative. EU Member States acted in line with the EU Civil Protection Mechanism. This EU initiative expresses solidarity with Ukraine and within the framework of this initiative 85 tonnes of relief supplies have been delivered to Ukraine.
According to the latest statistics more than 900,000 people have been displaced to safer areas within the country and about 600,000 have fled abroad. Around 1.4 million Ukrainians are considered to be in need of humanitarian assistance. The European Commission is prepared to allocate additional 15 million euros in humanitarian aid for Ukraine.
Follow the link to see the map of humanitarian aid provided to Ukraine within the framework of the initiative.
