Germany will allocate €20 million to Ukraine for the purchase of backup equipment that will facilitate fast response to terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure.

As announced by Oleksii Chernyshov, Minister for Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine, the preliminary agreement was reached during a meeting with Steffi Lemke, Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection.

According to him, the Ukrainian and German sides will finalise this agreement in the near future.

“At the time when our infrastructure is under constant terrorist threat, we need to build up Ukraine’s backup capacities as much as possible and provide Ukrainians with heat, electricity and water. The funds allocated by Germany will help us purchase all the necessary equipment, primarily mobile generators, automatic pumping stations for water supply, mobile thermal power plants. There will be alternative sources of energy in Ukraine,” stressed Oleksii Chernyshov.

Oleksii Chernyshov is currently on a working visit to Germany as part of the government delegation. He has been discussing with his German counterparts how to strengthen bilateral cooperation in energy, reconstruction of Ukraine, assistance to internally displaced persons, as well as military aid.