Sweden to send $133.5M in financial support to Ukraine

By Atila Altuntas

STOCKHOLM (AA) - Sweden will send financial support worth SEK 1.4 billion ($133.5 million) to Ukraine, the prime minister announced on Monday.

The winter assistance worth SEK 1.4 billion is set to be spent on heating, electricity, health, and housing, Ulf Kristersson said in a news conference in Stockholm.

A part of SEK 900 million ($85.7 million) will be transferred to Ukraine via the World Bank, he added.

*Writing by Nur Asena Erturk in Ankara