Ukraine: EU to support Claims Commission with €1 million

The European Union will provide €1 million to support the establishment of a Claims Commission for Ukraine, High Representative Kaja Kallas announced on 16 December in The Hague, Netherlands, at the Diplomatic conference for the Adoption of the Convention Establishing an International Claims Commission for Ukraine. The commission is established by the Council of Europe. 

“Everybody here today is on the same page. Russia will not escape the bill for the homes, schools, hospitals it has destroyed in Ukraine,” Kaja Kallas said. “Ukrainians have already filed more than 86,000 claims for compensation, each one of them is a life interrupted and a future put on hold.”  

She added that after four years of war, more than 200,000 buildings in Ukraine have been destroyed or damaged, and some 2.5 million homes, houses and flats are no longer fit to live in. “The Claims Commission now has the task to determine what is owed for this destruction, not in abstract figures but in real losses suffered by real people,” Kallas said.

Kaja Kallas added that the EU was increasing the pressure on Russia and strengthening Ukraine’s defences. On 15 December, the EU imposed new sanctions on Russian oil traders and shadow fleet ships.

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