Prime Minister: Ukraine shall leverage additional EUR 100 million from the Council of Europe to restore healthcare sector

The Government continues to accumulate financial resources for the defense, resilience, and recovery of Ukraine as well as the economy.

According to Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal, on April 23, a decision was made to attract an additional EUR 100 million from the Council of Europe Development Bank to restore Ukrainian healthcare sector.

"Another decision adds EUR 15 million from the European Investment Bank as part of the financing of the bank guarantee program. This shall improve the conditions for obtaining concessional loans for Ukrainian small and medium-sized enterprises," noted Denys Shmyhal.

In addition, the European Commission supported the Ukraine Plan under the Ukraine Facility programme. According to the Prime Minister, EUR 1.5 billion is expected to be disbursed under the aforesaid EU programme this week.