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Today, Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič is co-chairing a high-level side event during the 79th UN General Assembly Ministerial Week to discuss how to restore the centrality of international humanitarian law in today’s armed conflicts.

President von der Leyen delivered the following statement yesterday in a press conference with Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency, on support for Ukraine's energy security in the coming winter.

The primary focus of this funding is to help prepare Ukraine for the freezing winter months. Together with its humanitarian partners, the EU aims to repair damaged buildings, ensure electricity and heating, and provide shelter to the ones most in need.

In response to the extensive damage inflicted on Ukraine's energy infrastructure by Russia's targeted attacks, the European Union is stepping up its support with a deployment of additional resources.

This high-level meeting brought together key humanitarian actors and donors, but also local Ukrainian institutions, to assess how to ensure effective aid delivery in the given circumstances.

Following a series of targeted missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure by Russia at the end of March, Ukraine's power supply has suffered significant damage.

In response to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU established a medical evacuation scheme in March 2022. As of today, 3,156 Ukrainian patients, either critically ill or wounded in the war, have been transported to hospitals across 22 European countries.

More and more Ukrainians are left homeless and in need of assistance and shelter in freezing conditions. With an estimated 14.6 million people in need of humanitarian aid in Ukraine, this new funding comes at a crucial time.

Today, the Commission reached a new milestone as the amount of in-kind assistance delivered to Ukraine now stands at over 140,000 tonnes, making this the largest ever operation supported by the EU’s Emergency Response Coordination Centre.