Has the Republic of Croatia pledged to send five hundred million euros in aid to Ukraine in October 2023? No, that's not true: Croatia will help Ukraine with five million euros for demining purposes, in addition to the five million euros already donated for the same purpose, Prime Minister Andrej Plenković announced at the opening of the International Donor Conference for Mine Action in Ukraine in Zagreb on October 11, 2023.
The claim appeared in a video (archived here) published on TikTok by @kinginvictus33 on October 11, 2023. Translated from Croatian to English by Lead Stories staff, it opened:
11.10.2023 A.P. MEGATRAITOR SENDS UKRAINE 500 MILLION EUROS AGAIN... WHILE CROATIANS ARE ON THEIR KNEES... OH YOU SATANIST...
This is what the post looked like on TikTok at the time of writing:
(Source: TikTok screenshot taken on Sat Oct 28 09:59:09 2023 UTC)
Here is a link to the live post:
In the overlay text in the TikTok, A.P. refers to Plenković's initials.
Zagreb hosted a two-day International Donor Conference on humanitarian demining in Ukraine, on October 10 and 11, 2023, at the Westin Hotel in the Croatian capital. The Conference was launched in cooperation with the Ukrainian government to discuss the humanitarian demining process in Ukraine. Croatian Prime Minister Plenković stated in his speech that Croatia, which has extensive experience in mine clearance, will help Ukraine with its equipment and expertise. He added that Croatia, just like Ukraine, was the victim of aggression and that the effects of the mined territories in Croatia were felt by citizens for decades. Plenković emphasized that the demining process in Croatia is expected to be finished by the spring of 2026, 31 years after the end of the Croatian War of Independence from the former Yugoslav Federation, which was fought from 1991 to 1995. It is estimated that a total of 1.5 million mines were laid during that period. In Croatia, there are still 141 square kilometers of mine-suspected areas in 2023.
To this day, Croatia has already provided Ukraine with financial aid for 256 million euros. Namely, the government of the Republic of Croatia has so far passed eight Decisions on donating material resources to Ukraine, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the Ministry of Defense were responsible for their implementation. The first Government Decision was related to humanitarian funds, while all other Government Decisions dealt with donating material resources.
You can read more about Croatia's help to Ukraine here.
