Ukraine has received another shipment of humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan containing energy equipment worth more than USD 1.47 million.

The shipment includes, among other items, nine power transformers, 186 kilometres of electrical cables and other critically important equipment needed to restore Ukraine’s energy system following Russian attacks.

“I sincerely thank President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan for the substantial assistance Azerbaijan consistently provides to Ukraine’s energy sector. This new shipment of energy equipment is a significant contribution by our partners to Ukraine’s energy resilience and support for the people ahead of the fifth winter of the war,” emphasised First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal.

Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, 159 humanitarian shipments from Azerbaijan, containing equipment with a total weight of more than 2,432.4 tonnes, have arrived in Ukraine through the Ministry of Energy’s hubs. These deliveries have included power transformers, transformer substations, generators, electrical cables and other critically important equipment.