US to allocate $800 million to restore Ukraine’s energy sector

The Minister noted that more than 50% of our energy infrastructure was damaged by Russian airstrikes.

The United States of America will allocate $800 million to restore the Ukrainian energy sector after the Russian attacks, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Yulia Svyrydenko announced following a meeting with US Deputy Secretary of Energy David M. Turk.

“Energy was one of the key topics during our trip to the United States. Together with Deputy Secretary David M. Turk, we discussed the immediate steps needed to restore Ukraine’s energy system,” she wrote on the social network H.

The Minister noted that more than 50% of our energy infrastructure was damaged by Russian airstrikes.

“We are deeply grateful to the United States for its support in the construction of passive protection systems, as well as for the energy sector financing package in the amount of $800 million,” Sviridenko added.

The situation in the energy system of Ukraine

Following the massive attack by the Russian Federation on Ukraine on August 26, after a several-week pause, the regions returned to the power outage schedules.

Ukrenergo noted that Ukraine will have problems with electricity this winter. However, the company believes that a blackout will not occur .

Earlier, Deputy Minister of Energy Svetlana Grinchuk stated that the stabilization shutdown schedules will remain in effect until power engineers manage to stabilize the operation of the power system.

UNIAN told you where to find the shutdown schedules specifically for your region and group.

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