EU approves third $1.9bln financial aid package to Ukraine

The Council of the European Union approved a third macro-financial assistance package worth nearly $2 billion to crisis-hit Ukraine on Tuesday, Sputnik reports.

The decision comes into force on the third day after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

"The Council adopted on 31 March, 2015 a decision providing a maximum of 1.8 billion euros in further macro-financial assistance to Ukraine," the Council said in a statement published on its website.