Belgium, (Brussels Morning Newspaper) The European Investment Bank (EIB) disbursed 500 million euro to Ukraine to help the country finance its urgent needs.
This is the first tranche of the second aid package worth 1.59 billion euro, the European Commission pointed out in a statement on Thursday.
The body noted that the EIB disbursed the first tranche of its Ukraine Solidarity Urgent Response on Wednesday, pointing out that the bank developed the package in cooperation with the EC.