New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced aid to Ukraine worth 16 million New Zealand dollars (USD 9.8 million), Suspilne reports.
Christopher Luxon made the announcement on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to Australia Vasyl Myroshnychenko.
The aid will be distributed in several areas:
- 6 million New Zealand dollars ($3.68 million) for military assistance;
- 10 million New Zealand dollars ($6.12 million) for humanitarian aid.
As part of the military aid, New Zealand will allocate $2.45 million for the Drone Coalition led by the UK and Latvia, as well as $1.23 for Ukraine’s military medical needs, Myroshnychenko added.
New Zealand understands that although we are far away from Ukraine, what is happening there affects all of us, and we are ready to support Ukraine for the long term, – said Luxon.
In total, the country has already provided 130 million New Zealand dollars in aid to Kyiv (approximately 79.5 million US dollars).
New Zealand is planning to announce new sanctions against Russian individuals and legal entities in the coming days over its war against Ukraine.
On December 20, 2023, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke by phone with the then-newly elected Prime Minister of New Zealand, Christopher Mark Luxon. They discussed Ukraine’s defense needs and humanitarian demining.
In February 2024, New Zealand provided $25.9 million in aid to Ukraine and continued training for the Ukrainian military until June 2025.
