🇪🇺🇺🇦 Over 3,000 Ukrainian patients transferred to European hospitals since the start of the war

The EU has been coordinating regular medical evacuations of Ukrainian patients, be they chronically ill or injured, since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

More than 3,000 Ukrainian patients have been transferred to receive specialised care in hospitals across Europe via the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

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▶ The evacuations are further supported by the EU Medevac Hub in Rzeszów, Poland where patients receive 24/7 nursing care, and which serves as a transfer centre for patients.

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🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇲🇩 EU reaffirms trade support for Ukraine and Moldova

The European Commission today has proposed to renew the suspension of import duties and quotas on Ukrainian exports to the EU for another year, while reinforcing protection for sensitive EU agricultural products.

These Autonomous Trade Measures (ATMs) have been in place since June 2022 and are a key pillar of the EU's unwavering support for Ukraine and its economy.

While the main objective of the ATMs is to support Ukraine, the measures are also mindful of EU farmers' and other stakeholders' sensitivities. To this end, and considering a significant increase in imports of some agricultural products from Ukraine to the EU in 2022 and 2023, the renewed ATMs contain a reinforced safeguard mechanism. This makes sure that quick remedial action can be taken in case of significant disruptions to the EU market, or to the markets of one or more Member States.

In parallel, the Commission proposes to renew by another year the suspension of all remaining duties on Moldovan imports in force since July 2022.

The proposals will now be considered by the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. The goal is to ensure a seamless transition from the current regime of ATMs to the new one, by the time the current regimes expires on 5 June 2024 for Ukraine and 24 July 2024 for Moldova.

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🇪🇺 🇺🇦 The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached today between the European Parliament and the Council to set up the Ukraine Facility.

The new Ukraine Facility will provide stable and sustainable financing to support Ukraine's recovery, reconstruction, and modernisation, including key reforms necessary on its EU accession track.

The overall amount of the Facility for the period of 2024-2027 is €50 billion.

This amount is composed of €17 billion in grants and €33 billion in loans.

It will help Ukraine keep its administration running, pay salaries, pensions, and provide basic public services, as it continues to defend itself against Russia's aggression.

📄More details in the press release and the President's speech at the EP plenary

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“The news of Alexei Navalny's death is horrible but it also shows that Putin fears nothing more than the dissent from his own people.

Putin and his friends fear nothing more than people that stand up, that speak up, that fight for freedom and that fight against corruption like Alexei Navalny did it.

The world has lost a freedom fighter in Alexei Navalny, we will honor his name and in his name we will stand up for democracy and for our values.

My thoughts and my deep condolences are with his family and his friends”.

💬President von der Leyen