The European Union on September 6 announced a new aid package to provide humanitarian aid to vulnerable Ukrainians ahead of the winter months. Balazs Ujvari, European Commission spokesman for budget, human resources, humanitarian aid, and crisis management, announced the aid package worth 40 million euros ($44 million) at a European Commission news briefing in Brussels. "The funding will serve to repair damaged buildings, ensure electricity and heating, and also to provide shelter to those in need," Ujvari said. About 5 million euros of the aid will be allocated to Ukrainian refugees in Moldova, Ujvari added. The new aid package brings to nearly 1 billion euros the amount of humanitarian funding that the European Commission has allocated to Ukraine since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
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