KIEV, Feb. 8 – Norway is providing NOK 40 million, about $4.6 million, in humanitarian assistance to Ukraine, Norway's Embassy in Ukraine said.

"The humanitarian situation in parts of Ukraine is serious. Five million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, including some 1.5 million internally displaced people. Children and the elderly are particularly vulnerable in the cold Ukrainian winter. Norway is therefore providing NOK 40 million in humanitarian assistance to help Ukraine in this difficult situation," the Embassy quoted State Secretary in Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tore Hattrem as saying.