The Government reported on EIB agreements on EUR 116.5 million to restore energy and critical infrastructure

Ukraine and the European Investment Bank have entered into agreements that provide for renewal financing energy and critical infrastructureon February 10, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal reported after meeting with President EIB Nadiya Calvino.

“EIB 16.5 million euros allocate to restore critical infrastructure and energy efficiency. The second agreement opens the way to obtain 100 million euros for the restoration of water, heat supply and sewerage facilities, as well as to modernize the main social services in the fields of education, health care and residential sector, ”Shmigal wrote in Telegram.

According to the head of the government, it was separately financing within bilateral cooperation.

“In general EIB’s portfolio in Ukraine It is one of the largest and consists of 25 projects worth 4.95 billion euros. These are projects in the field of transport, social infrastructure and energy. Other urgent priorities of our cooperation, which need further investment, noted, including transition points and road infrastructure, support for small and medium -sized businesses, municipalities and stability of the energy sector, ”he said.

The Prime Minister said that since the beginning of the full -scale war, the EIB mobilized more than two billion euros in support of Ukraine.

Last April, it became known that Ukraine and the European Investment Bank Signed a memorandum on cooperation for 10 years.

In January, the Ministry of Energy stated that 2024 became the most difficult for the Ukrainian power system. Last year, Russia made 13 massive attacks on Ukrainian energy, said Energy Minister of Ukraine Herman Galushchenko.

“The destruction was very large, much larger than previous years. The very nature of the blows, the complexity of the blows, the weapon used. That is why it is really the most difficult year for the power system, ”the minister said.