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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets pinch Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen astatine Skrydstrup Airbase, successful Vojens, Denmark, successful August 2023. On Thursday, nan Danish parliament agreed to summation its subject support for Ukraine by $633 cardinal for this year. File Photo via Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/UPI | License Photo
April 26 (UPI) -- Danish lawmakers person agreed to an further $633 cardinal successful subject support for Ukraine this year, nan Scandinavia nation's defense ministry said.
The Danish parliament agreed to nan summation Thursday, arsenic nan country's governmental parties were successful statement that "further important subject support for Ukraine this year" was needed, according to nan ministry.
The further costs into nan country's Ukraine Fund are connected apical of nan astir $2 cardinal it has already group speech for its besieged state this year. However, astir of that backing had already been allocated.
According to figures from nan military, nan Danish authorities seeks to walk astir $9.3 cardinal connected Ukraine's defense against Russia's penetration betwixt 2023 and 2028.
"From nan commencement of nan war, Denmark has been 1 of nan astir progressive philanthropist countries. We must proceed to beryllium so, and that is why I americium delighted that a wide mostly of nan parties successful nan Folketing support america adding different [$633 million] to nan Ukraine Fund," Danish Defense Minister Troels Lund Poulsen said successful a statement.
The Folketing is nan sanction of Denmark's parliament.
"It is perfectly important that we show nan Ukrainians that we guidelines down them successful nan existent superior situation," he said.
The Ukraine Fund provides Kyiv pinch nonstop subject support successful nan shape of weapons, subject instrumentality and training efforts, nan defense ministry said.
President Volodymyr Zelensky was speedy to convey nan Danish parliament online.
"We admit Denmark's willingness to respond to nan urgent needs of Ukrainian defenders and stock nan strategical imagination that nan stronger Ukraine is, nan stronger each of Europe will be," he said connected X.
According to nan Kiel Institute for nan World Economy, which is search subject support for Ukraine, Denmark is Kyiv's 4th largest backer down nan United States, Germany and Britain.
The announcement came a time aft nan United States announced a $1 cardinal subject support package for Ukraine. The package's unveiling followed nan U.S. Congress agreeing to a supplemental measure that included an further $60 cardinal for Kyiv's defense.
