France has allocated €5.7 million to Ukraine Energy Support Fund for the development of Ukraine's nuclear sector.

The agreement was signed by Artur Lorkowski, Director of the Energy Community Secretariat, and Pierre Heilbronn, France’s Special Envoy for Assistance and Reconstruction of Ukraine, in the presence of Ukraine's Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, during the international Rebuild Ukraine Construction and Energy 2024 Conference in Warsaw.

Australia will allocate another €6 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, bringing its total contribution to over €18 million.

This was announced by the country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Penny Wong, during her visit to Kyiv.

At a meeting with Ukraine's Deputy Minister of Energy, Roman Andarak, Penny Wong assured that Australia will continue to support Ukraine and its energy sector. She also condemned russian attacks on energy infrastructure, emphasizing the importance of countering such actions.

Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko held an online meeting with US Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm.

The parties discussed the current situation in the Ukrainian energy system in the context of intensive enemy shelling of energy infrastructure facilities and areas of cooperation between Ukraine and the US to counter russian energy terror.

The head of the Ministry of Energy emphasized that this year alone, russian federation has carried out 12 massive attacks on the Ukrainian energy sector, as a result of which 10 GW of generating capacity was destroyed.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has presented a new report with recommendations for creating a decentralized and modern energy system in Ukraine. The analysis was presented during a meeting between IEA representatives and Roman Andarak, Deputy Minister of Energy of Ukraine.

On December 17 the experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) extended their monitoring mission at substations of the transmission system operator that are critically important for Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

The total amount of donor commitments for grant contributions to Ukraine Energy Support Fund has exceeded 1 billion euros.

The Fund’s resources  are directed to the restoration of energy infrastructure destroyed by russia and to meet the urgent needs of communities in electricity supply.

Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, and IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi held a substantive meeting during the extraordinary session of the IAEA Board of Governors, convened at Ukraine's request in response to ongoing russian attacks on electrical substations critical to the operation of nuclear power plants in Ukraine.

On December 12, 2024, the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), during an extraordinary meeting initiated by Ukraine, adopted the Ukrainian draft resolution by 22 votes. The resolution addresses the threats posed by attacks on energy infrastructure critical to the safety of Ukrainian nuclear power plants.

The resolution emphasizes the inadmissibility of attacks on electrical substations that ensure the external power supply to Ukrainian nuclear power plants. These attacks are recognized as a direct threat to nuclear safety.

During a working visit to Vienna, Ukraine’s Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, met with the newly appointed EU Energy Commissioner, Dan Jørgensen.

The Minister briefed the Commissioner on the ongoing russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which have intensified in recent times, as well as the measures being taken by Ukraine to protect the energy sector and maintain system stability.

Ukraine is forced to revise its approaches to building its energy system and adopt extraordinary technical solutions to ensure its operation amid constant missile and drone attacks by russia.

This was stated by the Minister of Energy, German Galushchenko, at the German-Ukrainian Business Forum in Berlin.
The Minister briefed Western partners on the challenges facing Ukraine’s energy sector due to ongoing attacks on infrastructure and emphasized the importance of swift and effective solutions to keep the country supplied with electricity.