Matthew Brittin, head of Google’s Europe, Middle East and Africa division, said this at a fundraising conference in Warsaw to help Ukraine, according to Ukrinform’s correspondent reports.

“We have donated $35 million directly to humanitarian needs and provided, among other things, $10 million to support the Ukrainian people, including those fleeing the war. Polish organizations working with temporarily displaced persons… Yesterday, the International Rescue Committee’s mission to expand war victims’ access to important information was announced. We have announced that 1.5 million donations will be made,” he said.

According to him, Google is adding $10 million to humanitarian aid in Ukraine and another $10 million to counter the spread of misinformation in the region, because disseminating such information in wartime could be a matter of life and death. “

As Ukrinform reported, $6.5 billion was raised for Ukraine at the International Donors Conference in Warsaw today, May 5.

According to the UN, 13 million people in Ukraine need basic humanitarian assistance in the form of shelter, food and medicine. Therefore, international aid to Ukraine, which currently meets less than 15% of current needs, needs immediate action, according to the Polish Prime Minister’s Office.

The number of Ukrainian refugees forced to leave their homes and go abroad as a result of the Russian occupation has already exceeded 5.6 million.