Ukraine and EU preparing emergency winter support package to counter Russian attacks on infrastructure

Ukraine and the European Union are working together on the specific contents of an emergency winter support package. It will include generators, charging stations and buses, as well as assistance with restoring bridges and crossings to maintain reliable connections between the two banks of the Dnipro, Prime Minister of Ukraine Sergii Koretskyi announced.

According to the Prime Minister, this support is needed to counter Russian attacks on Kyiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Odesa and other Ukrainian cities.

He highlighted the difficult situation in the energy sector following the latest Russian attack.

“Today’s Russian strike on power lines and substations in the Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions left hundreds of thousands of people without electricity. The situation is extremely difficult, and after every such attack, energy workers do everything possible to restore power. It is critically important that we receive this support from our partners as soon as possible,” Sergii Koretskyi said.

The Prime Minister announced that he will hold talks with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels tomorrow to agree the key details.

Ukraine expects the package to be finalised and the first deliveries of essential equipment to arrive as soon as possible.

Sergii Koretskyi thanked the European partners for their support and readiness to take urgently needed decisions without delay.