France will increase financial aid to Ukraine by $300 million, Macron tells donor conference

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki speaks as Sweden's Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen listen, during a press conference at the end of the International Donors' Conference for Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

France will increase its overall financial aid to Ukraine this year to $2 billion from 1.7 billion, President Emmanuel Macron said in a video address to an international donors' conference in Warsaw.

The conference, aimed at helping Ukraine deal with the economic and humanitarian fallout of Russia's invasion, is hosted by Poland and Sweden, in cooperation with the Presidents of the European Commission and the European Council.

"The humanitarian needs of the population and the economic situation of the country call for a new effort by the international community which meets the needs linked to the destruction of civilian infrastructure", Macron said.

Prime Ministers Denys Shmyhal of Ukraine, Mateusz Morawiecki of Poland, Magdalena Andersson of Sweden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen attend a press conference at the end of the International Donors' Conference for Ukraine, in Warsaw, Poland May 5, 2022. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

(Reporting by Michel Rose, writing by Tassilo Hummel, editing by Ingrid Melander)