British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is set to announce up to £242 million in fresh assistance for Ukraine at the G7 summit in Italy scheduled to open on Thursday.
Ukraine is expected to be top of the agenda at the gathering in Puglia, where President Volodymyr Zelensky will join G7 leaders seeking to seal a deal on using frozen Russian assets to help his war-torn country.
According to a statement from the prime minister’s office, Sunak at the summit will announce up to £242 million ($310 million) in bilateral assistance to Ukraine, to support immediate humanitarian, energy and stabilisation needs, and lay the foundations for longer-term” recovery.
The statement further stated that Sunak would work with other leaders at the G7 to find a way to use frozen Russian funds to assist Ukraine.
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