Ministry: European countries spent $47 billion so far to aid Ukrainian refugees.

European countries have allocated a total of 43 billion euros (£47 billion) on aid for Ukrainian refugees since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Reintegration Ministry informed[1] on July 4. This includes cash payments, housing, medical care, education services, and the provision of food and other basic necessities, the ministry wrote in its press release. Poland spent the largest sum of £13 billion, followed by Germany's £12 billion, Czechia's £3.2 billion, Spain's £2.4 billion, Romania's £1.4 billion, Switzerland's £1.3 billion, and Italy's £1.3 billion.

The ministry noted that apart from the governments, ordinary citizens have also largely contributed to helping Ukrainian refugees. According to the United Nations, there are more than 6 million Ukrainians residing [2] abroad due to the Russian full-scale invasion. Poland, Germany, and Czechia host the largest number of Ukrainians who fled from Russian aggression.

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Martin Fornusek

News Editor

Martin Fornusek is a news editor at the Kyiv Independent.

He has previously worked as a news content editor at the media company Newsmatics and is a contributor to Euromaidan Press. He also volunteers as an editor and translator at the Czech-language version of Ukrainer. Martin studied at Masaryk University in Brno, Czechia, holding a bachelor's degree in security studies and history and a master's degree in conflict and democracy studies.

Ministry: European countries spent $47 billion so far to aid Ukrainian refugees.

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