During a meeting on December 16, the Government adopted a protocol decision aimed at ensuring implementation of the six steps of the President of Ukraine for the stable operation of critical energy infrastructure during the autumn-winter period.

“Dozens of countries are already supplying Ukraine with equipment to increase the resilience of our energy system. At the conference in Paris, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced 6 steps of solidarity with Ukraine in the energy sector. This is a request to our international partners that will allow our energy system to survive this winter. We will prevail over russia and its energy terror together,” Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal stressed.

Thus, during the International Standing with the Ukrainian People Conference, held in France on December 13, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced six specific things that would help Ukraine survive the winter. In order to implement these steps, the Government instructed the relevant ministries and agencies to work on:

• providing Ukraine with the equipment necessary for the restoration of critical energy infrastructure facilities;
• assistance in balancing the united energy system of Ukraine, in particular through the transfer and import of electricity from EU member states;
• possibility of sending special EU missions to critical infrastructure facilities;
• providing financial support for the purchase of about two billion cubic meters of natural gas;
• procurement of LED lamps to meet the needs of the population and economy of Ukraine;
• creation of a special permanent mechanism for prompt and timely elimination of consequences of terrorist acts of the russian federation on critical energy infrastructure facilities.