WELLINGTON (Reuters) – New Zealand stated on Monday it is going to provide Ukraine with an additional NZ$5 million ($3.46 million) in funds and non-lethal military assistance together with some surplus tools.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern stated the cash can be primarily directed to a NATO Trust Fund that gives gas, rations, communication tools and first support kits to assist Ukraine as its battles Russian forces that invaded on Feb. 24.
“We think about what is going on in Ukraine as a large disruption to the worldwide rules-based order and due to that it impacts all of us and that is why we have now taken these extraordinary measures,” Ardern instructed a information convention.
The New Zealand Defence Force will provide tactical tools equivalent to physique armour, helmets and vests which might be surplus to necessities, she stated.
This brings New Zealand’s whole assistance to Ukraine to NZ$11 million.
New Zealand has additionally imposed sanctions on Russia and organized a particular visa for Ukrainians with New Zealand connections.
Russia calls its motion in Ukraine a “particular operation”.
($1 = 1.4463 New Zealand {dollars})
(Reporting by Lucy Craymer; Editing by Robert Birsel)
