The Ukrainian military has received winter\u00a0clothing and apparel from Lithuania to help them survive the severe winter weather while conducting field operations. The Lithuanian Ministry of Defence made the statement on Friday in Vilnius.<\/p>\n
Thousands of Ukrainian fighters need essential gear to protect them from the cold temperatures, according to Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas. Anusauskas declared, \u201cEvery package we contribute is also one more step closer to victory.\u201d<\/p>\n
Particularly since the start of Russia\u2019s invasion in February 2022, Lithuania has continuously remained a staunch ally\u00a0of Ukraine. The Baltic state has provided significant assistance worth \u20ac0.9 billion ($0.97 billion), demonstrating its commitment. This assistance includes financial support, humanitarian relief, military support, and contributions to Kyiv\u2019s rehabilitation efforts.<\/p>\n
The Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IFW Kiel) tracker on global assistance for Ukraine reveals that\u00a0Lithuania is the second-largest contributor globally in terms of its GDP percentage. This emphasises Lithuania\u2019s steadfast dedication to helping Ukraine throughout its difficult times.<\/p>\n
Lithuania, like many other European countries, has welcomed thousands of Ukrainian refugees escaping the crisis in addition to providing financial and military help. The humanitarian actions transcend national boundaries and reflect a shared desire to improve the lot of people impacted by the ongoing catastrophe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lithuania has demonstrated its commitment to Ukraine since the invasion by Russia by providing winter gear support. Its \u20ac0.9 billion in aid makes it the second-largest global contribution by GDP percentage, showing steadfast unity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":14598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[9478,9479,5613,9480,2460,9476,78,215,9477],"class_list":["post-14597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-russia","tag-arvydas-anusauskas","tag-baltic","tag-european","tag-kiel-institute-for-the-world-economy-ifw-kiel","tag-kyiv","tag-lithuania","tag-russia","tag-ukraine","tag-vilnius"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}