News item | 23-12-2022 | 10: 45
In 2023 the Netherlands will make €2. 5 billion open to support Ukraine. The government expects that this amount will be necessary to provide military aid, assistance essential repair and reconstruction activities and contribute monetarily to efforts to battle impunity. The Dutch Cupboard approved the proposal by ministers Liesje Schreinemacher (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation), Wopke Hoekstra (Foreign Affairs), Kajsa Ollongren (Defence) and Sigrid Kaag (Finance). The precise allocation of the contribution will depend on the needs of the Ukrainian people, and therefore how the war originates in the coming period. In the arriving year Ukraine will continue to keep need considerable international support. Russia’s war in Ukraine is still ongoing, and has turned into a war of attrition. Ukraine’s armed forces continue battling every day for the freedom, protection and prosperity of their country, and thus for that of Europe as a whole. The Dutch government’s decision to earmark funding now sends a clear information of undiminished solidarity using the people of Ukraine, who are able to count on predictable Dutch assistance for as long as it takes.
