The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will provide Ukraine with $55 million to prepare the heating infrastructure for winter in conditions of war against the Russian Federation.
This is stated in the message of USAID.
The aid will provide repair and maintenance of pipes and equipment that supplies gas to enterprises in all regions of the country, Ukrainian settlements, medical and educational institutions.
USAID will also provide electricity generators, alternative sources of heating for hospitals, centers for internally displaced persons and shelters for socially vulnerable citizens. Institutions of Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Kharkiv and Chernihiv regions will be prioritized.
This assistance from USAID will be provided within the framework of the Energy Security project. The program is designed for five years and aims to help Ukraine create a safer and more transparent energy sector.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported separately that the capital received $1.3 million worth of pipes and pipe fittings from USAID. This will allow replacing 11 km of damaged heating networks. Most of the works are already at the final stage.
- As of the end of September, Russian troops have already damaged 349 heat supply facilities.
- Previously, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal ordered the creation of a headquarters for liquidation of the consequences of military destruction of energy and communal infrastructure.
- The Ukrainian authorities predict that the occupiers will target the energy infrastructure in winter. The head of Naftogaz JSC Yuriy Vitrenko warned that this winter the temperature in the premises will be lower than normal, and the heating season will start later and end earlier than usual.