KIEV, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) — Visiting EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced on Monday that the bloc is preparing to allocate additional funds to support Ukraine during the upcoming winter, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency reported.
“The EU has already mobilized 800 million euros (about 926 million U.S. dollars) to support Ukraine this winter. We are working to allocate an additional 100 million euros (about 115 million dollars),” Kallas told a joint press conference with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
The additional funds will be used to provide generators, shelters and weather protection equipment, she added.
Kallas arrived in Kiev earlier in the day for discussions on the security of Ukraine’s energy sector and other issues.
