Zelenskyy says EU emergency aid mechanism agreed amid utility disruptions in Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen agreed that the EU would activate a special emergency mechanism to provide Ukraine with urgently needed funding. He said teams were already working on the arrangement as Russian strikes disrupted electricity, water and heating supplies across Ukrainian communities. They also discussed additional energy and humanitarian assistance ahead of winter.