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More than nine in ten (95%) Lithuanians agree with providing humanitarian support to the people affected by the war in Ukraine, a Eurobarometer survey finds. Their opinion is shared by 89% of the respondents in other European Union (EU) countries on the average.
Lithuania has allocated 100,000 euros in humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
Lithuania sent over 200,000 packages of medication to Ukraine on Friday in response to a request by the Ukrainian Ministry of Health.
Proudly transitioning from an aid receiver to an affluent Western society, Lithuania has yet to live up to its commitments of financial help to the world's poorest.
Three Ukrainian soldiers who were injured during the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine have arrive in Lithuanian for rehabilitation this week.
Aid for Ukrainian troops, collected during an artwork auction in Lithuania last week, will be shipped to Ukraine on Thursday, says Jonas Ohman, representative of the organization Blue-Yellow.
The Government of Lithuania on Wednesday allocated additional EUR 80,000 to support Ukrainian children receiving education in Lithuania.
Seven Ukrainian children from the war-ridden areas of Luhansk and Donetsk accompanied by a teacher should come to Lithuania later in February to finish the academic year here, the Lithuanian government said in the cover letter of a resolution.
On 5 February, the Spartan C-27 aircraft of the Lithuanian Air Force will transport to Ukraine donations of humanitarian aid committed by the Lithuanian Ministries of Healthcare and National Defence.
Lithuania will deliver a shipment of humanitarian aid worth EUR 83,532 in response to the appeal of the Head of the European Commission DG for Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection, Lithuania's MFA said.
Lithuania's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Monday it had allocated almost 125,000 litas (EUR 36,000) in humanitarian aid for Iraqi children and fighting the Ebola virus.
Trade unions of Lithuania have pledged to initiate an all-European campaign to collect humanitarian aid for Ukrainian civilians affected by the war.
The European Union should provide Ukraine with both humanitarian aid and military equipment, Lithuanian Defence Minister Juozas Olekas said in an informal meeting of EU defence ministers in Milan this week.
Lithuania's Fire-and-Rescue Department is preparing a second shipment of humanitarian aid for Ukraine and will bring along the items collected by public organizations.
The Lithuanian Air Force transport airplane C-27J Spartan left the Aviation Base in Šiauliai on Tuesday morning with the material support for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
Lithuanians are actively donating medication, food and clothing that will be airlifted to Ukraine as humanitarian aid, organizers said on Friday.
