Lithuania will provide another EUR 2 million under the Grain from Ukraine initiative

Lithuania will provide another EUR 2 million under the Grain from Ukraine initiative

Kyiv  •  UNN

November 25 2023, 05:30 PM • 50148 views

Lithuania intends to allocate an additional 2 million euros to the Grain from Ukraine initiative to combat food security threats caused by the war in Ukraine.

By the end of the year, Lithuania plans to allocate another 2 million euros to the humanitarian initiative "Grain from Ukraine" humanitarian initiative by the end of the year, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrid Shimonite has announced on the social network X social network, Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonite, UNN reports .

Almost a century after the Holodomor, Russia is once again trying to use food as a weapon, this time by destroying Ukrainian civilian ports, grain storage facilities, and blocking the Black Sea. At the second Grain from Ukraine Summit, I announced that this year Lithuania will contribute another 2 million euros to this global humanitarian initiative of President Zelensky to help reduce food security threats caused by Russia's war of aggression,

- Ingrida Šimonite wrote on social network X.

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She added that the only way to to ensure both food security and lasting peace in Europe is to help Ukraine to win this war and defeat Russia as soon as possible.

To recap, Lithuania plans to

approve a three-year plan for military and other assistance to Ukraine, which will include military and other assistance to Ukraine, which will include treatment and rehabilitation, military training, humanitarian and military demining, and repair of military equipment.