In the face of escalating violence in eastern Ukraine, the European Commission is to release a further €18 million in emergency humanitarian aid for vulnerable people who are victims of the conflict in Donbass. The funding was announced on Monday 20 February by European Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid Christos Stylianides during his visit to Ukraine.
"Here today in Bakhmut, I want to tell the Ukrainian people: you are not alone. All civilians in need must be helped, on both sides...