epa04679897 Russian General Aleksander Lentsov (R) speaks with media during a briefing in a joint Ukrainian-Russian ceasefire center in Donetsk, Ukraine, 26 March 2015. The European Parliament approved a new aid package of 1.8 billion euros (2 billion dollars) for Ukraine, the largest macrofinancial assistance ever granted by the European Union to an outside country. EPA/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO