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France sends 55 tonnes of humanitarian aid to Ukraine

A local volunteer sorts aid at a collection point for food, medicine and clothing in the village of Solomonovo, Ukraine, west of Chop, near the Ukraine-Hungary border on 2 March 2022. © AFP/Attila Kisbenedek

France sent 55 tonnes of medical equipment, computers, children's milk and generators to Ukraine via Poland on Monday, the French foreign ministry has said. An estimated 3.5 million people have now fled the country since the beginning of the Russian invasion a month ago.

The emergency aid, worth 2.4 million euros, was sent by A330 cargo plane from Paris to Warsaw, the ministry said in a statement.

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