EU allocates additional 50 mln euros in humanitarian aid to support Ukrainians in need - European Commission's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid department

KYIV. April 18 (Interfax-Ukraine) - The European Union is allocating an additional 50 million euros in humanitarian aid to support needy Ukrainians, the European Commission's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department said.

"The EU is allocating a further 50 million euros in humanitarian aid to support Ukrainians in need. This new funding will provide: emergency medical services, safe drinking water, shelter, cash assistance, support against gender-based violence," the European Commission's Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations department said in a statement on Twitter on Sunday.

The new EU aid package will address the most pressing humanitarian needs, Head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Matti Maasikas said later.