The European Union completed the transfer of an entire thermal power plant from Lithuania to Ukraine.
On Monday, the European Commission disbursed a new €2.3 billion tranche in macrofinancial assistance to Ukraine and completed the transfer of a thermal power plant from Lithuania to the country to provide electricity to 1 million people.
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The €2.3 billion payment will allow the country to keep its administration and public services operating and represents the sixth installment of the €50 billion macrofinancial assistance package adopted by the bloc to fund Kiev between 2024 and 2027.
“It helps stabilize the state budget while enabling Kiev to move forward with ambitious structural reforms for its European integration,” the European Commission said of the payment, which brings total aid delivered to Ukraine under the program to €26.8 billion, or 70% of the total.
The disbursement was made after Brussels determined that Ukraine had implemented the agreed reforms in areas including public finance management, the judicial system, decentralization and regional policy, the agri-food sector, the management of critical raw materials and the green transition.
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“The EU is driving reforms that bring Ukraine closer to the EU while supporting its critical needs, including energy security in winter,” said Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos.
The European Commission also mentioned that the EU had completed the transfer of an entire thermal power plant from Lithuania to Ukraine, its largest coordinated logistics operation to date.
“This unprecedented transfer restores critical energy capacity and directly reinforces Ukraine’s national grids following Russia’s continued attacks on its infrastructure,” the Commission said, noting that equipment provided by the European Union has been crucial for carrying out emergency repairs.
According to the Commission, the plant will be able to supply electricity to about 1 million Ukrainians. It added that the 27 EU countries have already provided Kiev with support in this area, including 9,500 generators and 7,200 transformers, among other measures.
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