Austria to allocate another 18 million euros to help Ukrainians

The Austrian government decided to allocate another EUR EUR18 million euros to help Ukrainians affected by the Russian invasion. Source: This was announced by Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg and Vice Chancellor Werner Kogler on Tuesday, 20 June, reports European Pravda, citing the Austrian news agency APA. Details: EUR18 million will be allocated from the foreign disaster fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the accounts of organisations working with affected Ukrainian citizens.

According to the Austrian Foreign Ministry, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross will receive EUR EUR6 million each.

Another EUR4 million will go to the UN Children's Fund and EUR2 million by the UN Population Fund. Thanks to these funds, people in Ukraine and Moldova, which hosted a large number of displaced persons from Ukraine, should receive support. In this way, Austria's bilateral financial support to Ukraine will exceed EUR150 million.

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Schallenberg will also attend a conference on Ukraine's recovery in London on Wednesday 21 June. In May, following a fierce debate, the Austrian government announced funding for mine clearance equipment in Ukraine, totalling EUR2 million. The Ukrainian side has previously asked Austria to help with mine clearance efforts.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this, among other things, during his address to members of the lower chamber of the Austrian parliament.

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