The EU intends to pay the first 4.5 billion euros to Ukraine under the new 50-billion aid program that Brussels approved on February 1 in March, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during her visit to Kyiv, Paralel.Az reports citing TASS.

"We discussed next steps on the €50 billion Ukraine Facility. The 1st payment of €4.5 bn will come in March," she said on her X page.