Photo from UNIAN
The government plans to transfer the funds to areas located near the contact line in Donbas, eastern Ukraine.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal says the United Nations will give Ukraine US$140 million for the fight against the novel COVID-19 coronavirus.
Read alsoEuropean Commission decides on EUR 1.2 bln aid package for Ukraine amid COVID-19 pandemic
"We are now considering options where the money should go. We think the funds should be sent to the areas adjacent to the contact line [in Donbas]," he said at a daily meeting of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky with members of the coronavirus task force, as reported by the President's Office on April 22.
According to Shmyhal, the UN allocates funds to countries that need assistance in war on the coronavirus.
As UNIAN reported earlier, the number of confirmed coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in Ukraine rose by 578 in the past day, to 7,170 as of the morning of April 23.