As of December 26, the Russian war in Ukraine has destroyed more than 3.000 educational institutions. Most of them are schools. €100 million have been allocated for the restoration and reconstruction and reconstruction of institutions of junior and senior schools in Ukraine, €66 of which have been received by the budget today.
According to Katarina Maternova, deputy director general at DG neighbourhood and enlargement negotiations, €34 million are funds for repair work: replacing windows/doors etc, repairing roofs pierced by missiles, buying new equipment for the school's infrastructure, and equipping bomb shelters for children. The remaining €66 million is direct budgetary support for Ukraine.
