KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine received a new 2.5 billion euro ($2.57 billion) tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union on Tuesday, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.
“The total amount (of macro-financial assistance) provided to Ukraine from February 24 (by the EU) reaches €6.7 bln,” Marchenko wrote on Twitter.
Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Twitter that the assistance was “another step of solidarity,” and expressed gratitude to EU leaders.
($1 = 0.9744 euros)
(Reporting by Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage)
