Nordic-Baltic countries to provide Ukraine with joint energy package before winter

The support aims to alleviate the suffering caused by Russia’s attacks by contributing to basic needs such as heating and clean water during the cold winter months.

Oct 16, 2024 - 22:00

Nordic-Baltic countries to provide Ukraine with joint energy package before winter

Foreign Ministers of the Nordic and Baltic countries meet up with their Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Syhiba in Odesa. Photo via Maria Stenergard/X.

Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Stenergard announced that the Nordic-Baltic countries have decided to provide Ukraine with a winter energy support package.

This support, and the already earmarked support for next year, will strengthen Ukraine’s ability to provide electricity, heating, clean water, health care, education, and other critical social and civilian infrastructure.

As can be evidenced from the publication on the Swedish Government website, the Nordic and Baltic partner countries announced this decision after a meeting between Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his colleagues from Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, and Finland in Odesa on 14 October.

Stenergard said that Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure have serious and extraordinary consequences, especially on the eve of winter.

“Today, our Union has adopted a winter package to strengthen the social and energy resilience of your country. We will be supplying solar panels, generators and other products to support your critical and social infrastructure,” the minister said.

She added that Sweden has invested €28 million in this package to help Ukrainians get through this winter.

The support aims to alleviate the suffering caused by Russia’s attacks by contributing to basic needs such as heating and clean water during the cold winter months.

“Our visit to Odesa today is a manifestation of the Nordic-Baltic countries’ unwavering commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Ukraine’s heroic fight against Russia’s aggression is not only about defending Ukraine’s freedom, but all of our freedom,” Stenergard said, on behalf of the Nordic-Baltic delegation.

The delegation was received in Odesa by Ukraine’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha to discuss the current situation, pressing needs, Ukraine’s efforts for a just and lasting peace as well as Ukraine’s EU accession progress, including related reform progress. The visit also included a visit to a military hospital, where the delegation met with soldiers wounded in the defense of their country.

The Nordic-Baltic countries have committed significant resources in support to Ukraine and this support will continue. During the visit, a substantial Nordic-Baltic winter package was delivered in response to Ukraine’s most pressing needs ahead of the coming winter, including energy, social resilience and humanitarian support.

Together, the Nordic-Baltic countries will ”contribute turbines, generators, solar panels, transformers and heating as well as financial support to the energy sector and to the reconstruction of critical social infrastructure.”

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