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while Norway and the Baltic states such as Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia spent a much larger share of their GDP on aid to Ukraine, with more than 1% each.
International donors pledge up to $530 million to Ukraine in demining assistance. Participants of the International Donor Conference on Humanitarian Demining in Ukraine pledged almost 500 million euros ($530 million) to Kyiv in demining assistance, the Croatian news agency HINA reported on Oct. 11, citing Croatia's Interior Minister Davor Bozinovic.
Hungary wants to cut EU funding to Ukraine in half. The proposal adds weight to fears that international support for Ukraine could be waning following U.S. lawmakers' decision to remove aid for Ukraine from a government spending bill passed on Sept. 30.
US provides $1.15 billion in grant funding to Ukraine. This is part of the fifth additional package provided under the program called Public Expenditures of Administrative Capacity Endurance (PEACE) in Ukraine, designed to support the country's social and humanitarian expenditures.
Canada presents new aid package for Ukraine that includes munitions, winter equipment. The winter equipment, which will be funded from the $370 million tranche announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, includes boots, thermal layers, winter sleeping bags, and 2,000 female military uniforms.
Finland pledges $100 million in defence aid for Ukraine. As was the case with previous packages provided by Finland, details on the content and the mode of delivery are not disclosed for security reasons.
Austin confirms new $200 million military aid package for Ukraine. U.S. Secretary of defence Lloyd Austin announced the delivery of a new $200 million package of military support for Ukraine on Oct. 11.
UK to provide Ukraine with $600 million in winter support payments. U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced new humanitarian aid on Oct. 5 to help Ukrainians survive the second winter of Russia's full-scale war.
Sweden announces $200 million military aid package, considering sending fighter jets. Sweden will send a new military aid package worth 2.2 billion Swedish krona ($199.8 million) to Ukraine and is assessing the delivery of Gripen fighter jets, the Swedish defence Ministry announced on Oct. 6.
Netherlands announces new $100 million package to support Ukraine. The Netherlands is allocating 102 million euros ($108 million) to support investments, recovery, and reforms in Ukraine, the Dutch Foreign Trade and Development Ministry announced on Oct. 6.
Belgium will create a €1.7B fund from revenues obtained through frozen Russian assets. As reported by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, the proceeds from taxes on income from frozen Russian assets will be credited to the fund. "Here in Belgium, we have taxation on the income from these frozen assets. Last year, it became obvious to us that the income taxes on these assets should be 100% aimed at helping the Ukrainian people. We did it last year and will do it this year," the prime minister noted. These funds will go to the military, and humanitarian aid will be sent to the European Peace
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