Ukraine recieves €4.2 billion from EU as part of recovery plan

Meanwhile, Russia says it has thwarted a Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion in the Kursk region.

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00:00The European Union has given Ukraine 4.2 billion euros to help support Ukraine's recovery in

00:08the face of Russia's aggression.

00:11It marks the first payment that was made under the Ukraine facility, a four-year plan in

00:15which the EU will provide up to 50 billion euros in grants and loans.

00:21The EU said that they are not involved in Ukraine's military offensive in Russia, but

00:25note that they support Ukraine's right to defend itself.

00:29The European Union is not involved and is not commenting on the operational developments

00:34on the front line.

00:36We are fully standing behind Ukraine's legitimate exercise of its inherent right for self-defence

00:46and efforts to restore its territorial integrity and sovereignty and to push back and fight

00:52the illegal aggression by Russia.

00:54It comes after Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky acknowledged the incursion into Russia

00:59for the first time.

01:02In a video message, Zelensky says the military operation in the Kursk region is an attempt

01:07to stop Russian shelling.

01:09It is completely fair to destroy Russian terrorists where they are, where they deliver their strikes.

01:19And we see what benefit it can bring to the peace.

01:24Russia needs to be forced to peace, if Putin wants to continue fighting like this.

01:32Ukrainian troops currently control about a thousand square kilometres of Russian territory,

01:37that is according to Ukraine's commander-in-chief.

01:42Russia's President Vladimir Putin calls the attack a provocation and ordered his forces

01:47to drive out the enemy from Russia's territories.