Britain to announce over $300 million for Ukraine at G7 summit

Britain at the G7 summit will announce the allocation of more than $300 million for Ukraine Irina Martsiyash

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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will announce aid to Ukraine at the G7 summit in Italy. It will be in the amount of 242 million pounds sterling, which is approximately 309 million in dollar equivalent.

This was reported on the UK government website. They noted details about the allocation of this assistance to our state.

Allocation of assistance for Ukraine from Britain

At the summit, the Prime Minister will announce up to £242 million in aid to Ukraine to meet urgent humanitarian, energy and stabilization needs, and lay the foundations for long-term socio-economic recovery and reconstruction, it said.

The government stressed that this funding demonstrates “the UK's continued international solidarity with Ukraine and their flexibility in responding to the urgent needs caused by Russian aggression.”

The UK also noted that “critical energy infrastructure has been damaged by intense Russian missile attacks and bombing over the past few months.”

They stressed that the prime minister's priority at the summit will be to work with partners to agree on a way to use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine. It is noted that the value of assets located in G7 jurisdictions is $285 billion.

The press service added that the UK became the first country to introduce legislation allowing the maintenance of sanctions until Russia pays for the damage it has caused.

“We must be decisive and creative in our efforts to support Ukraine and end Putin's illegal war at this critical moment “The UK remains at the forefront of the international response, as it has been since the beginning. We must move from 'as long as it takes' to 'whatever it takes' if we are to end this illegal war,” Rishi Sunak said. 60~/p>

Also, the press service of the British government recalled that the UK has now allocated almost 12.7 billion pounds sterling for military, humanitarian and economic support to Ukraine and has often been the first to provide vital lethal assistance – from Storm Shadow cruise missiles to Challenger 2 tanks.

Aid to Ukraine was announced in the Netherlands: briefly

• On Wednesday, June 12, Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced the transfer of new aid to Ukraine. We are talking about three launchers and radar systems for the Patriot air defense system. reconstruction,” wrote Rutte.
• On the same day, the Dutch Ministry of Defense announced that it would allocate 60 million euros for the purchase of drones for Ukraine. We are talking about sea drones that Ukraine itself produces.