European Investment Bank president Nadia Calviño said Ukraine was “our top priority right now,” adding that the bank and Ukraine had signed “agreements to mobilise around €1 billion in investment in the public sector and in the private sector."
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00:00The European Union's lending arm announced hundreds of millions of euro in new financial support for Ukraine's recovery and development.
00:10Additionally, nearly 500 million euro will be channeled through major Ukrainian banks to support small and medium-sized enterprises, including those operating near the front lines.
00:22Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Investment Bank President Nadia Calvino held a joint conference in Kyiv following their discussions on support for Ukraine.
00:36Ukraine is obviously our top priority right now. Our commitment to Ukraine is unwavering and the European Investment Bank is one of the main, if not the main, investment partner to the country right now.
00:48We have accelerated the deployment of these projects on the ground and I am happy that today we have been able to sign agreements to mobilize around one billion euro in investment.
01:02Zelensky also discussed meeting with members of the Trump administration before an upcoming conference on international security.
01:18I will have a number of meetings in Ukraine before the Munich conference. I will also have meetings with the Vice President and President Trump's team.
01:33Trump's National Security Advisor said that representatives will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine.