Faced with the risk of a blackout this winter, this sum should in particular make it possible to secure energy needs, explained the President of the European Commission.
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyenannounced on Friday that she had arrived in Kyiv for a visit to discuss European support for Ukraine, winter preparations and G7 loans.
My 8th visit to Kyiv comes as the
heating season starts soon, and Russia keeps targeting energy infrastructure.We will help Ukraine in its brave efforts.
I come here to discuss Europe’s support.
From winter preparedness to defense, to accession and progress on the G7 loans. pic.twitter.com/kxxWFA7eA0
— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) https://twitter.com/vonderleyen/status/1836996286911820228?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
“My 8th visit to Kyiv comes as the cold season is about to begin and Russia continues to target energy infrastructure”declared the head of the European executive on the social network X. Ursula von der Leyen announced on Thursday that a sum of 160 million euros from the product of Russian assets frozen was to be transferred to Ukraine to enable it to meet its humanitarian and energy needs this winter.
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War in Ukraine: Risk of blackout in Ukraine this winter, energy supply will be the “most severe” challenge
Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict in February 2022, Russia has taken offline around 9 gigawatts of electricity generation capacity in Ukraine, the combined capacity of the three Baltic republics, according to the Commission President. “Our goal is to restore a capacity of 2.5 GW, which is 15% of Ukraine’s needs”Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday.
