Russia Vs Ukraine War Update Live | Zelenskyy Hails Latest Funding From US And EU | News18 Live Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed a new round of funding from the US and the European Union, totalling a combined more than $7 billion. He said the package from Brussels supplied 2.5 billion euros ($2.576 billion), while $4.5 billion from Washington was coming "soon." In his nightly address, the president said workers were trying to stabilise his country's energy grid, but emergency shutdowns were possible during surges in demand. Zelenskyy also praised his nation's soldiers amid ongoing skirmishes and shelling in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, with progress being made "little by little" in the latter.