Permanent Representative of Great Britain to the UN Barbara Woodward said at a meeting of the Security Council that the country has allocated 400 million pounds sterling of financial assistance to Ukraine (about 521 million dollars).

About this writes "Ukrinform".

Also London will provide 220 million pounds (286.6 million dollars) for humanitarian needs to countries that receive and help Ukrainian refugees.

In addition, Woodward said at the UN Security Council in New York that Britain acted as a guarantor of a loan from the World Bank for Ukraine in the amount of 1 billion dollars.

The diplomat also welcomed the investigation by the International Criminal Court into the war crimes committed by the Russian army in various Ukrainian cities, in particular in Bucha, Irpen, Borodyanka and Chernihiv.

Woodward stresses that there is no doubt that "punishment will follow for these crimes against humanity."

Earlier it was reported that the World Bank was preparing a 1.5bn-dollar aid package for Ukraine.