Canada allocates $10 million ahead of schedule for repair of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure
Canada will provide $10 million early to restore Ukraine’s critical energy infrastructure, as part of its total contribution of $70 million. This was announced by Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, the press service of the Government of Canada reports.
This payment will be the final part of Canada’s contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund.
“A contribution of $10 million has been paid ahead of schedule to help Ukraine repair critical energy infrastructure damaged by Russian strikes”, the report says.
Anita Anand also noted that the Energy Community Secretariat has allocated about $50 million of Canada’s total contribution to the Kharkiv region for the purchase and delivery of natural gas compressors on the eve winter.
“As winter approaches and Russia once again targets critical civilian infrastructure, the need for energy support is urgent. In response, Canada is accelerating efforts to help restore Ukraine’s critical energy systems and support Ukrainians in the difficult months ahead, the Canadian Foreign Minister stressed.
As a reminder, on October 31, the IAEA reported that a massive Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector on October 30 damaged substations that are critical to nuclear safety and security in Ukraine.
During the attack, Agency teams at the Yuzhnoukrainska and Khmelnytskyi nuclear power plants recorded the loss of one of the external power lines at each of the plants. Due to the shelling, IAEA experts who were at the Khmelnytskyi NPP were forced to take shelter in their hotel for several hours.
In addition, Agency representatives at the Rivne Nuclear Power Plant reported that in order to stabilize the power system, at the request of the network operator, the power of two of the plant’s four power units was temporarily reduced.
