Ukraine's allies have pledged at least €375 million to keep its battered power grid running through winter. Partners announced the funding for repairing energy infrastructure and for new contributions to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund at the fourth G7+ energy coordination meeting in Gdańsk, First Deputy Prime Minister and Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal wrote on Facebook.
Russia has struck Ukraine's energy system more than 6,000 times since 2022.
Donors break down the pledges
Shmyhal listed the contributions: $175 million from the US, €137 million from Sweden, €77 million from Norway, €4 million from Lithuania, €2.125 million from Estonia, and €550,000 from Iceland.
Twenty countries, EU representatives, and six international organizations joined the session, known as the "energy Ramstein", to weigh Ukraine's needs ahead of the heating season.
Fund still trails the need
Beyond the €295 million for repairs, distributed generation requires about €192 million more, and building an emergency reserve and buying critical equipment needs nearly €148 million, according to the minister.
To get through next winter, Ukraine must repair and restore more than 3 gigawatts of thermal generation, he added, after Russian strikes damaged or destroyed all 15 of the country's thermal power plants. Direct damage to the sector now nears $25 billion, with full reconstruction estimated at about $91 billion.
Kyiv ties repairs to EU integration
Shmyhal set Ukraine's 2026-2027 priorities as keeping the grid resilient under fire while fully integrating it into Europe's energy market. That means protecting infrastructure, restoring lost capacity, expanding distributed generation, pumping gas into underground storage, and building cross-border interconnectors with EU neighbors.
