Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, the Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland (KPRP) in partnership with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has secured and dispatched a few dozen transports with in-kind assistance to Ukraine as part of the “Aid to Poles in the East” programme. The scheme operates under the patronage of the President and First Lady. Food, medicines, children’s products, cleaning products, blankets, towels and clothing were delivered, among others, to Lviv, Fastiv, Zhytomyr, Lutsk, Kyiv, Yazlovets, Drohobych, Zhovkva, Chortkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Enerhodar in Zaporizhzhia, and Khmelnytskyi. The latest transport of humanitarian aid to Lviv, which is to be directed to those most in need in the Odesa region, was handed over on behalf of the KPRP and the MFA by Head of the Foreign Service Arkady Rzegocki. In Kamianets-Podilskyi and Khmelnytskyi, KPRP representatives were accompanied by MFA Director-General Maciej Karasiński.

While in Lviv, the head of the Foreign Service met with civil servants from the Polish Consulate-General, whom he thanked for their hard work for the Republic of Poland and its citizens remaining in Ukraine, as well as for the support provided to the Ukrainian community and the coordination of relief efforts. Arkady Rzegocki also met with the Mayor of Lviv, Andriy Sadovyi. They spoke about the challenges faced by the city’s authorities as a result of the ongoing war in Ukraine. Also discussed was possible cooperation on training for Ukrainian local officials on how to raise funds from EU programmes. Finally, the head of the Foreign Service visited the Church of St. Mary Magdalene and laid flowers at the monument to Lviv university professors murdered by German Nazis in July 1941.

Łukasz Jasina
MFA Press Spokesperson