EU Commissioner Stylianides to visit Ukraine (including Donbas) on 20-21 February 2017

February 16, 2017.

    EU Commissioner Stylianides, who is in charge of humanitarian assistance and crisis management, will visit Ukraine on 20-21 February 2017.
    
    During his two-day visit, the Commissioner will be visiting two EU funded humanitarian projects in Eastern Ukraine, meeting EU humanitarian partners and workers, and speaking to those benefitting from the projects. He will also meet with local officials (Mr Zhebryvskiy, the governor of Donetsk oblast) in Eastern Ukraine. The visit of the Commissioner comes in light of an upsurge in fighting in eastern Ukraine which has affected tens of thousands of people, especially those living along the “line of contact”.
    
    On the second day (21 February), Commissioner Stylianides is also scheduled to meet in Kyiv senior representatives of Ukrainian authorities. The discussion will focus on the current humanitarian situation in Eastern Ukraine and the way how the EU can help with addressing the needs of the affected population.
    
    Background information:
    
    This will be the Commissioners fourth visit to Ukraine since the start of the crisis.
    Since 2014, the European Commission has provided over Е70 million in humanitarian aid.
    In total the EU and its member states have provided over Е133 million in humanitarian assistance.