Ukraine has received the first installment of 2.5 billion Canadian dollars (approximately $1.7 billion) from Ottawa under the G7's Extraordinary Revenue Acceleration (ERA) initiative, the Ukrainian Finance Ministry announced on March 13.
The $50 billion ERA mechanism provides loans to Ukraine, which will be repaid using future profits from frozen Russian assets.
According to the Ukrainian Finance Ministry, Canada’s contribution to the initiative amounts to $3.5 billion, with the loan set to be issued for a 30-year term.
"Canada is a reliable and steadfast partner of Ukraine. I am grateful for its support of the ERA mechanism—it is a fair and necessary tool to hold Russia financially accountable for its crimes in Ukraine," said Ukrainian Finance Minister Serhii Marchenko.
Since Russia's full-scale invasion in 2022, G7 countries have frozen approximately $300 billion in Russian sovereign assets.
The ERA initiative, primarily supported by the U.S. and the EU, seeks to utilize profits from these frozen assets to fund Ukraine's defense and reconstruction efforts.
Alongside Canada's contribution, Kyiv has also received £752 million ($970 million) as the first installment of the U.K.'s contribution to the G7 loan, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal announced on March 7.
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