Irish Red Cross check almost 23,000 housing units as €20m raised for Ukraine appeal

Children from Ukraine receive soup at a railway station in Przemysl, southeastern Poland. Picture: AP Photo/Sergei Grits

The Irish Red Cross is hoping to raise €26m in its Ukraine emergency appeal and it has planned out funding interventions over the next two years.

Some €20m has been donated to the appeal so far, with €15m coming from public donations and €5m coming from businesses.