Netherlands to speed up €3.5bn aid to Ukraine

2 billion euros will be allocated this year instead of 2026, as originally planned, Ukrinform reports with reference to France24.

“The Netherlands will accelerate the release of the promised 3.5 billion euros ($3.78 billion) in aid to Ukraine and will send 2 billion euros this year instead of in 2026,” Dutch Prime Minister's spokesman Dick Schoof said on Thursday.

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Earlier, Schoof noted that at the summit in Paris, not only issues of peace and security in Ukraine were discussed, but also issues of peace and security in Ere.