Military help will be drawn from the Netherlands’ own stocks and purchased from commercial suppliers. Holland is committed to coordinating plus collaborating with other countries and the defence industry. This should boost the effectiveness of arms shipments for Ukraine’s armed forces whilst limiting the impact on our personal. The aid for important reconstruction activities is intended for infrastructure repairs (especially power infrastructure), hospitals, housing, farming and demining. The government is also providing humanitarian aid and support for the rule associated with law, human rights plus accountability. The amount set aside pertaining to Ukraine is on top of the liquidity support totalling €18 billion being channelled via the EU and the cost of asylum reception in the Netherlands.
In 2023 the Netherlands will make €2. 5 billion accessible to support Ukraine. The government expects that this amount will be necessary to provide military aid, support essential repair and reconstruction activities and contribute financially to efforts to fight impunity. The Dutch Cupboard approved the proposal simply 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 always 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 nation, and thus for that of Europe as a whole. The Dutch government’s decision to earmark funding now sends a clear message of undiminished solidarity with all the people of Ukraine, who are able to count on predictable Dutch support for as long as it takes.
