Piotr Gliński made the announcement on Monday, after a meeting of EU culture ministers in Luxembourg, Poland's PAP news agency reported.
Gliński, who is Poland’s culture minister as well as deputy prime minister, said the gathering had focused on the situation in Ukraine.
Ukraine’s minister for culture, Oleksandr Tkachenko, addressed the meeting via video link, giving “a horrifying account” of "Russia’s war crimes and the massacre in Bucha," Gliński told reporters.
He added he had briefed his counterparts from other EU countries on Poland’s support for Ukraine, including efforts to protect the eastern neighbour’s cultural life, according to PAP.
Gliński said the EU’s culture ministers also discussed ways to rescue Ukraine’s heritage sites. He added that ministers from Eastern, Central and Southern Europe were "especially aware of the destruction and tragedy visited upon Ukraine."
‘Poland urges EU to set up two special funds for Ukraine’
In addition to meeting his fellow EU culture ministers, Gliński spoke to the EU Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, Mariya Gabriel, reporters were told.
Gliński told the media Poland was urging the EU to set up “at least two special funds to support Ukraine’s culture,” one in Ukraine and one for the countries that have welcomed refugees, especially Poland, because “many of those displaced by the war are cultural workers.”
Gliński said Poland had earmarked over EUR 1 million for the support of Ukrainian artists, from accommodation to legal aid to scholarships.
He added that a special project would be launched for Polish-Ukrainian film initiatives.
Moreover, “Poland is supplying Ukraine’s cultural institutions with specialised equipment to protect their buildings and collections,” Gliński said, as quoted by public broadcaster Polish Radio’s IAR news agency.
Monday was day 40 of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Poland on Monday reported it had welcomed more than 2.48 million refugees fleeing Russia's attack on Ukraine.
Polish President Andrzej Duda last month signed into law a measure to offer wide-ranging support to Ukrainians escaping the Russian invasion of their country, which began on February 24.
The measure grants them legal residence in Poland and ensures access to jobs, education, healthcare and social benefits.
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Source: IAR, PAP