Germany pledges $199 million in aid for displaced people in Ukraine – minister

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany will present Ukraine with a further 200 million euros ($199.02 million) to fund support packages for these internally displaced because of Russia’s invasion, Improvement Minister Svenja Schulze instructed Funke Media group.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal will go to Berlin on Monday the place he’ll meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

“I’ll converse to Prime Minister Shmyhal about how we will proceed to assist the Ukrainian authorities in caring for the displaced individuals,” Schulze stated.

“The cash is meant to assist the displaced individuals in Ukraine to proceed to have the ability to present for themselves with the necessities,” he added.

As of August 23, some 7 million individuals have been internally displaced in Ukraine since Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion, knowledge by the United Nations’ Worldwide Group for Migration confirmed.

Final month, a German authorities official stated the European Union supposed to place collectively a financing package deal for Ukraine price round 8 billion euros by September, to which Germany would contribute.

($1 = 1.0049 euros)

(Reporting by Riham Alkousaa; Modifying by Mike Harrison)