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Donors gather in Paris to get Ukraine though winter, bombing

First Lady of France Brigitte Macron, left, Ukraine's First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and French Education Minister Pap Ndiaye arrive for a visit in a primary school for non-native speaker pupils in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

Ukraine's First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska smiles as she visits a primary school for non-native speaker pupils in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

Local residents watch as a bombed building is dismantled in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Servicemen watch as a bombed building is dismantled in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens via video-link during the French-Ukrainian conference for resilience and reconstruction at the Ministry of Economy in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy applauds via video-link during the French-Ukrainian conference for resilience and reconstruction at the Ministry of Economy in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Zoya Pavliuk, 65, is pointing at the place where Russian missile hit the building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)(AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Hanna Reznikova, 63, and Zoya Pavliuk, 65, right, in bombed-out building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Hanna Reznikova, 63, in her room in bombed-out building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

First Lady of France Brigitte Macron, left, Ukraine's First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska and French Education Minister Pap Ndiaye arrive for a visit in a primary school for non-native speaker pupils in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

Ukraine's First Lady of Ukraine Olena Zelenska smiles as she visits a primary school for non-native speaker pupils in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Julien de Rosa, Pool via AP)

Local residents watch as a bombed building is dismantled in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Servicemen watch as a bombed building is dismantled in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

French President Emmanuel Macron speaks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy listens via video-link during the French-Ukrainian conference for resilience and reconstruction at the Ministry of Economy in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron gestures as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy applauds via video-link during the French-Ukrainian conference for resilience and reconstruction at the Ministry of Economy in Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. An international donor conference in Paris quickly racked up substantial promises of financial and in-kind support, a defiant response to sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions of Ukrainian civilians into the deepening cold and dark by targeting critical infrastructure. (Ludovic Marin, Pool via AP)

Zoya Pavliuk, 65, is pointing at the place where Russian missile hit the building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)(AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Hanna Reznikova, 63, and Zoya Pavliuk, 65, right, in bombed-out building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Hanna Reznikova, 63, in her room in bombed-out building in Borodyanka, Kyiv region, Ukraine, Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2022. Borodyanka was a target of shelling and fighting in the early stages of the Russian invasion, which turned apartment buildings into charred, bombed-out hulks. (AP Photo/Andrew Kravchenko)

Qatar's Ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassem Al Thani attends a conference in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in Paris, Tuesday, Dec.13 2022. Dozens of countries and international organizations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP)

Qatar's Ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassem Al Thani attends a conference in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in Paris, Tuesday, Dec.13 2022. Dozens of countries and international organizations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP)

Qatar's Ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassem Al Thani attends a conference in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in Paris, Tuesday, Dec.13 2022. Dozens of countries and international organizations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP)

Qatar's Ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassem Al Thani attends a conference in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in Paris, Tuesday, Dec.13 2022. Dozens of countries and international organizations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP)

Qatar's Ambassador to France, Sheikh Ali bin Jassem Al Thani attends a conference in solidarity with the Ukrainian people in Paris, Tuesday, Dec.13 2022. Dozens of countries and international organizations were throwing their weight behind a fresh and urgent push Tuesday to keep Ukraine powered, fed, warm and moving in the face of sustained Russian aerial bombardments that have plunged millions into the cold and dark in winter. (Teresa Suarez, Pool via AP)

A woman and a child look at damaged Russian military vehicles in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A man looks at St. Michael Cathedral standing near a monument to Princess Olga covered with sand bags to protect it from the Russian shelling, with placards displayed near the monument calling to support Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

A woman passes by anti-tank hedgehogs in central Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Ukraine has been fighting with the Russian invaders since Feb. 24 for over nine months. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Donors gather in Paris to get Ukraine though winter, bombing