South Korea Agrees to Provide Ukraine With $130 Million Financial Aid

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol meets with Ukraine's first lady Olena Zelenska at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, on May 16, 2023. The Presidential Office/Handout via Reuters

South Korea has agreed to provide Ukraine with $130 million in financial aid after the Ukrainian first lady requested humanitarian assistance from the government amid the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine.

Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho and his Ukrainian counterpart, Yulia Svyrydenko, signed a preliminary agreement on the package during a meeting in Seoul on May 17, the South Korean Finance Ministry stated.