European Commissioner for Crisis Management in the European Union, Janez Lenarczych, said in a statement: “The allocation of 205 million euros (220 million US dollars) in additional humanitarian assistance to Ukraine,” given that “our duty at this moment of crisis is to remain on the sidelines.” the most vulnerable. “With this funding, our humanitarian partners provide food, water, medical care, shelter, protection and cash assistance,” he explained.

Lenarcic, who is currently in the Ukrainian city of Irbin to meet with humanitarian organizations and senior government officials to help coordinate EU action on the ground, said he was “deeply appalled by the atrocities committed there.”

Including this additional aid, the European bloc’s total humanitarian contribution to Ukraine is over 700 million euros ($752 million) in response to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine.

In a social media statement, Lenarčić noted that “civilians and civilian infrastructure should never be targeted anywhere” and added: “Once again, I strongly condemn deliberate attacks on civilians and civilian infrastructure.”

“27 member states, in addition to Turkey, Norway and North Macedonia, held the largest-ever mobilization of the European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism to assist Ukraine,” the statement said.

In addition to financial humanitarian assistance, the European Union has provided more than 38,000 tons of aid, including first aid kits, food, protective clothing, fire engines, mobile hospitals and energy supplies, totaling 373 million euros ($400 million).

According to the UN, about 15.7 million people in Ukraine are in need of humanitarian assistance.