Finland is sending 16 million euros in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, as part of a broader aid package to other parts of the world amounting to around 36.5 million euros, the Finnish foreign ministry announced on Monday.
The aid will be channeled via UN humanitarian organizations as well as the International Red Cross, the ministry said.
Ukraine's humanitarian situation has deteriorated, the ministry noted in a press release, particularly on the war-torn country's front lines as Russia's full-scale attack recently entered its fourth year.
"Finland has supported Ukraine's humanitarian needs since the first day of Russia's war of aggression, and we will continue to do so. Ukraine's humanitarian needs are great and our help is important," Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio (Finns) said in the press release.
Refugee-focused aid
The ministry said Finland was also sending humanitarian aid focused on the refugee crises in Africa, as well as the Middle East.
As part of this package, Finland is sending two million euros to the UN's World Food Programme (WFP) operation in Sudan, 2.5 million euros to the WFP's operation in Gaza as well as two million euros to the UN Refugee Agency's (UNHCR) regional operations in Syria.
Support is also being sent to Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, the African Great Lakes region, as well as the Sahel region.
In Asia, Finland is sending aid to Afghanistan and Myanmar via the Red Cross.
Meanwhile, the ministry has allocated two million euros towards WFP and UNHCR programmes assisting people with disabilities.
An additional two million euros is being allocated to develop the WFP's school meal programme, particularly in Africa.
Alongside the aid packages, the ministry said Finland was also providing general support to multilateral humanitarian organisations and added that the remainder of 2025's humanitarian aid budget will be allocated later this year.