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Germany Pledges Additional 100 Million Euros in Winter Aid for Ukraine

17 September 2024, Moldova, Chisinau: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to media representatives before the start of the Moldova Support Platform conference in front of the Palace of the Republic. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
17 September 2024, Moldova, Chisinau: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to media representatives before the start of the Moldova Support Platform conference in front of the Palace of the Republic. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
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Germany Pledges Additional 100 Million Euros in Winter Aid for Ukraine

17 September 2024, Moldova, Chisinau: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to media representatives before the start of the Moldova Support Platform conference in front of the Palace of the Republic. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa
17 September 2024, Moldova, Chisinau: German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock speaks to media representatives before the start of the Moldova Support Platform conference in front of the Palace of the Republic. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa

Germany will provide an additional 100 million euros ($111 million) in aid for Ukraine this winter, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced during a visit to Moldova on Tuesday.
Russia is once again planning a "winter war with the aim of making the lives of people in Ukraine as terrible as possible,” Baerbock said ahead of a ministerial conference in Chisinau.
Russia has launched waves of attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure such as power stations, at times causing rolling blackouts in parts of the country.
In June, Kyiv said more air defenses were needed to allow repairs to infrastructure in order to secure demand for winter, when power demand is at its highest as temperatures drop far below zero.

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Floods Wreak Damage in Myanmar, Killing at Least 226, State Media Says 

Partially-submerged buildings are seen along a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP)
Partially-submerged buildings are seen along a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP)
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Floods Wreak Damage in Myanmar, Killing at Least 226, State Media Says 

Partially-submerged buildings are seen along a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP)
Partially-submerged buildings are seen along a flooded road in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP)

Floods in Myanmar have killed at least 226 people in just over a week, state media reported on Tuesday, after heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Yagi battered the central provinces of the war-torn Southeast Asian country.

Around a third of Myanmar's 55 million people are already in need humanitarian aid, following incessant conflict triggered by a Feb. 2021 coup when the powerful military unseated the civilian government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.

The areas hardest hit by the flooding include the second largest city of Mandalay, the capital Naypyitaw and parts of Shan state, a sprawling province that has seen heavy fighting in recent months.

Some 77 people are still missing, state media said.

"A total of 388 relief camps were opened in nine regions and states, and the well-wishers donated drinking water, food and clothes," reported the Global New Light of Myanmar, the newspaper of the military government.

In the Mandalay region alone, some 40,000 acres of agricultural land were submerged and some 26,700 houses damaged by the heavy rains and flooding, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) also said many flood-hit regions were difficult to reach as several roads were damaged and telecoms and electricity networks disrupted.

"Affected areas include camps for displaced people, including children, who were already struggling with limited services due to ongoing conflict," UNICEF said in a statement.

Typhoon Yagi, the strongest storm to hit Asia this year, has left a trail of devastation through parts of Southeast Asia, killing at least 292 people in Vietnam where it made landfall.

In Thailand, the storm caused heavy rains and flooding that inundated northern cities, including on the border with Myanmar.

At least 45 people have died across Thailand from flooding and flood-related events such as mudslides since last month, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

At least three people were killed and over 440 families evacuated in Laos, where flooding across eight provinces have also swamped some 7,825 acres of paddy fields, according to UNICEF.