The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, said that Kyiv is conducting a dialogue with partners regarding assistance in restoring the energy infrastructure after the Russian shelling, and there are already agreements with 12 countries.
Kuleba noted that Ukrainian diplomats are constantly in contact with partners on this issue based on lists of needs prepared by relevant departments. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine updated the relevant requests within the framework of the European Civil Protection Mechanism and the NATO Crisis Response Center. In addition, diplomats process inquiries directly with energy equipment manufacturing companies in France, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, the People's Republic of China and other countries.
"We have already agreed on the supply of equipment from the governments and companies of 12 countries: Israel, Spain, Italy, Lithuania, Germany, North Macedonia, Poland, the Republic of Korea, Slovakia, Slovenia, Finland and France. In total, we are talking about 954 units of energy equipment. The first batches aid is already in Ukraine, the rest is expected in the near future. We continue to work on increasing the range of partners and the amount of support," said Dmytro Kuleba.
Among the equipment that Ukraine receives are generators of various types, automatic switches, heat guns and others.
"We will not allow Russian terror to break us or our partners... We are grateful to every partner and every company that responded to our urgent request," Kuleba said.