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14 December 2022
Today, without additional voting or discussion, the European Parliament agreed at second reading to the allocation of EUR 18 billion in urgent macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in 2023.
On December 14, 2022, four vessels loaded with 69.5 thousand tonnes of agricultural products left the Odesa region’s ports.
The European Union has provided EUR 7.2 billion in macro-financial assistance to Ukraine since the Russian full-scale invasion started.
Germany will contribute EUR 30 million for the purchase of equipment to restore the Ukrainian energy infrastructure damaged by Russian shelling.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal calls on French businesses that continue to work in Russia to leave the Russian market and not finance the Russian terrorist budget.
13 December 2022
Over one and a half months, Russia has attacked Ukraine’s energy system with thousands of missiles and drones eight times but failed to destroy it.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, hostilities have directly affected 11 regions of Ukraine, more than 50,000 objects need fast restoration.
Damages caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine may reach $700 billion by the end of the year.
Following the conference in Paris, Ukraine’s partners announced the provision of $1 billion in assistance to the country to survive the winter period.
Ukraine lacks its own capacity to restore all destroyed and damaged objects of critical and energy infrastructure.
President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine stated that at least 1.5 billion euros is needed for only the superficial restoration of Ukrainian energy facilities destroyed by Russian missile and drone strikes.
Ukraine has received a loan of 100 million euros from France, which will be used to finance priority expenses, including social and humanitarian expenditures.
On December 13, 2022, eight ships loaded with 238.6 thousand tonnes of Ukrainian-produced agricultural products left the Odesa region’s sea ports.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi have discussed the further steps needed to demilitarize Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP).
One more nuclear power plant unit, which was taken out of service after Russia’s missile attack, has been connected to Ukraine’s energy system.
The United States has sent the first shipment of power equipment to Ukraine in order to support the country’s energy infrastructure against Russian intensifying attacks.
The European Union ambassadors approved a financial support package to provide Ukraine with EUR 18 billion in 2023.
12 December 2022
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) will assist Ukraine with restoration and the attraction of infrastructure investments.
Russia’s recent drone attack on energy infrastructure in the Odesa region has not only left millions of Ukrainians without electricity but also destroyed important power equipment.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal has met with French Energy Transition Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher. The parties discussed support for Ukraine’s energy sector after Russian attacks and the need to impose sanctions on Russia, regarding the supply of nuclear fuel and nuclear energy technologies.
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) launches the process of opening a regional office in Ukraine.
As of December 12, the energy system still has a capacity deficit: due to the destruction caused by the Russians, it is currently impossible to use thermal generation at full force.
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) sold $583.44 million and bought $2.6 million on the interbank foreign exchange market over the past week.
As of the evening of December 11, Ukrainian emergency teams have restored most of the generating capacities in the country's power system.
11 December 2022
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the possible expansion of the grain corridor with President of Türkiye Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
All Ukrainian thermal and hydroelectric power plants have been damaged as a result of eight waves of Russian missile attacks on Ukraine. In addition, 40% of the high-voltage network facilities are damaged to varying degrees.
Electricity supply has been restored to almost 90% of households in Kherson city.
The Council of the European Union has endorsed a decision to provide an aid package worth EUR 18 billion to Ukraine despite Hungary’s veto.
10 December 2022
Ukraine's electricity transmission system operator Ukrenergo will spend more than 400 million euros on the purchase of the necessary equipment for the restoration and reconstruction of the country's energy infrastructure.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has said he considers an offer by Belarus to transport Ukrainian grain through its territory to be a trap and an attempt to avoid sanctions.