plan in place to house and care for all these people for how ever long might be necessary? yes, absolutely. it is amazing to see the open hearts and the open doors of the european people mainly in the front line countries like poland, hungry, czechoslovakia, romania, gull gary yeah to name a few. they are very willing to take these refugees in, more than 4 million. this pledging event today was so important, but, ofr course, there are funds from the european union, structural funds, $17 billion, that are there to accommodate these more than 4 million refugees. yesterday i was in kyiv. i saw president zelenskyy and i promised to him that we re going to take good care of the refugees until they can return safely home. that is very important, to rebuild their country. but there is also 6.5 million
important, but, of course, there are funds from the european union, structural funds, $17 billion, that are there to accommodate these more than 4 million refugees. yesterday i was in kyiv. i saw president zelenskyy and i promised to him that we re going to take good care of the refugees until they can return safely home. that is very important, to rebuild their country. but there is also 6.5 million internally displaced people in ukraine who urgently need help. i m very grateful that the pledging event today was also organized for them because they need support through the ukrainian authorities. i m very glad 1.8 billion euros will go to ukraine refugees in ukraine. this is very important for the ukrainian authorities, too. and president von der leyen, you made a point of visiting bucha this week to see the aftermath of the atrocities firsthand there. you also met with president zelenskyy in kyiv.
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