Dutch PM Makes Surprise Visit to Ukraine, Pledging €200 Million Aid Package

The new Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Dick Schoof, arrived in Ukraine on an unannounced visit on Monday, September 2. Together with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, he visited a school in Zaporizhzhia, congratulated the students on the first day of school, and announced a new aid package of more than €200 million.

“We must do everything possible to help Ukraine keep going. On the front lines, but also in people’s daily lives. That’s why the Netherlands is providing a substantial new support package worth over €200 million. The package is focused mainly on protecting and repairing the energy infrastructure and includes additional funding for humanitarian assistance,” Schoof wrote on his official account on X (formerly Twitter).

Schoof emphasized that people in Ukraine have the right to live in freedom and security. And stopping Russia’s attacks on Ukraine is in the security interests of both the Netherlands and Europe as a whole.