“The European Commission together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) provided an additional EUR 50 million loan to the state-owned company Naftogaz of Ukraine.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: “European Truth” with reference to the EC press service
Details: These funds will support Ukraine’s energy system in the harshest winter since the beginning of the war. The funding will help provide heating and power to households, critical services and businesses across the country.
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“The news coming out of Ukraine every morning is terrible. What Russia is doing is state terror. It goes beyond war. People are freezing to death. Many are fleeing Kyiv and other cities,” commented European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos.
This loan is part of the Ukraine Facility program. Thanks to it, the total amount of EU support for the purchase of gas for emergency needs during the winter of 2025-2026 reached 977 million euros.
An important condition of the agreement is that Naftogaz undertakes to reinvest an amount equivalent to this financing in renewable energy and decarbonization projects.
Also on Thursday, the European Commission announced about 145 million euros of emergency humanitarian aid Ukraine against the background of increased Russian attacks.
On January 27, a batch of 76 emergency generators from the strategic reserves of the EU arrived in Kyiv.