UK to allocate additional funds to Ukraine for energy sector recovery
Photo: British Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper (Getty Images)
The United Kingdom will allocate an additional £10 million (over $13 million) to repair Ukrainian energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes, UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper says.
Cooper stresses that the UK and NATO are committed to a just and lasting peace.
She also says that the United Kingdom will provide an additional £10 million to support the repair of energy infrastructure in Ukraine.
"Putin wants to plunge Ukraine into darkness and we will continue to work to switch the lights back on," the UK Foreign Minister says.
Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy sector
Since the beginning of autumn, Russia has been regularly striking Ukraine's energy infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, all large thermal and hydroelectric power plants in the country have been damaged.
According to the head of Ukrenergo, Vitalii Zaichenko, the most difficult situation with electricity is currently in the Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Odesa regions. Russians are constantly striking energy facilities there.
The Russians are also attempting to cut off Kyiv and the surrounding region from power. On the night of November 29, Russia attacked energy facilities in the region with drones and missiles. As a result of the Russian attack, over 600,000 subscribers in Kyiv and the surrounding region were left without power.
