Implementation of Regional Energy Resilience Plans to require support from partners, donors – Svyrydenko
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko presented comprehensive plans for ensuring regional energy resilience at a meeting of the Ukraine Donor Platform Steering Committee.
"Had the honor of opening it and presenting key priorities in the field of strengthening resilience and recovery to partners… Number one is energy. Thanks to partner support, we got through the most difficult winter with constant Russian shelling of our infrastructure. We received over EUR 600 million in contributions to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund this heating season, and this support helped ensure equipment reserves and quick repairs after Russian attacks," Svyrydenko wrote on her Telegram channel following the 16th meeting of the Ukraine Donor Platform Steering Committee.
She also presented donors with comprehensive plans for ensuring regional energy resilience for upcoming heating seasons with a total cost of EUR 5.4 billion, and noted that Ukraine counts on substantial support from international partners in covering the corresponding need - both through financial contributions and by supplying necessary equipment.
"Even under conditions challenging our survival, Ukraine is steadily and actively moving along the European integration path. We are working to close all negotiating clusters this year. In accordance with the key principles of the EU, reforms and the rule of law, we will ensure fulfillment of all requirements for opening clusters and continuing accession negotiations in 2026," the prime minister wrote.
