Ukraine receives 2.5 billion euros in assistance from EU - Reuters

KYIV, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Ukraine received a caller 2.5 cardinal euro ($2.57 billion) tranche of macro-financial assistance from the European Union connected Tuesday, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko said.

"The full magnitude (of macro-financial assistance) provided to Ukraine from February 24 (by the EU) reaches €6.7 bln," Marchenko wrote connected Twitter.

Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote connected Twitter that the assistance was "another measurement of solidarity," and expressed gratitude to EU leaders.

($1 = 0.9744 euros)

Reporting by Max Hunder and Pavel Polityuk, Editing by Timothy Heritage

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