New Zealand announced an aid package for Ukraine in the amount of 16 million New Zealand dollars, which is equivalent to $9.8 million.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand announced this on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington Christopher Lacson, reports the Ambassador of Ukraine to Australia Vasily Miroshnichenko.
Help will be distributed in several directions:
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- 6 million New Zealand dollars ($3.68 million) – for the army;
- 10 million New Zealand dollars ($6.12 million) – for humanitarian aid.
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Military aid includes $2.45 million for the drone coalition led by the UK and Latvia and $1.23 for Ukraine's military medical needs, Miroshnichenko adds.
— New Zealand understands that although we are far from Ukraine, what happens there affects us all, and we are committed to supporting Ukraine for the long haul, — he said.
In total, the country has already provided 130 million New Zealand dollars in aid to Kyiv (about $79.5 million).
In addition, in the coming days, New Zealand will announce new sanctions against individuals and legal entities of Russia due to the war against Ukraine.
