{"id":585056,"date":"2025-11-21T16:39:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585056\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T16:39:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T16:39:12","slug":"eib-and-european-commission-provide-e15-million-to-support-local-recovery-and-essential-services-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/585056\/","title":{"rendered":"EIB and European Commission provide \u20ac15 million to support local recovery and essential services in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>\u20ac15\u00a0million in EU-guaranteed funding has been disbursed to help\u00a0restore essential social services like hospitals and schools damaged by the Russian war of aggression.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The support\u00a0will\u00a0reach communities across\u00a0all of\u00a0Ukraine, with priority for\u00a0frontline areas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The financing is being provided under the Ukraine Investment Framework, part of the EU\u2019s \u20ac50\u00a0billion Ukraine Facility.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, has disbursed \u20ac15\u00a0million to help Ukrainian communities restore vital services and livelihoods. The operation is backed by an EU\u00a0guarantee under the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uif.eu\/\" class=\"ecl-link ecl-link--icon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Investment Framework<\/a>, which forms part of the broader \u20ac50\u00a0billion Ukraine Facility.<\/p>\n<p>Disbursed through the EIB\u2019s Ukraine Recovery III programme and backed by a \u20ac100\u00a0million guarantee, the funds will support small-scale recovery projects in several oblasts, including Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Zhytomyr, Kyiv, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Poltava, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The financing will be used to help communities in many sectors by rebuilding district heating systems, installing new cogeneration units, upgrading boiler house power supply, and building small cogeneration plants to make heat and electricity more reliable. In the health sector, the programme will also support the renovation of surgical buildings and the energy-efficient upgrade of major hospital facilities. Water projects will include new drinking water pipelines, rehabilitation of water intakes, and improvements to local water supply networks to ensure stable access to clean water. There will be fast-tracked construction of shelters and emergency centres, which are expected to save lives in communities close to the frontline.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>EIB Vice-President Teresa Czerwi\u0144ska, who oversees the Bank\u2019s operations in Ukraine<\/strong>, said: \u201cOur support, delivered through the EIB\u2019s recovery programmes, goes directly into practical projects that municipalities can move on with immediately \u2013 repairing heating networks, improving healthcare buildings and restoring water infrastructure. These are essential services for communities on the frontline and those welcoming displaced people, and the EIB remains committed to helping them sustain and strengthen these efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>European Union Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos<\/strong> said: \u201cThe resilience of the Ukrainian people is remarkable, and the European Union is committed to supporting its citizens as they continue to withstand Russia\u2019s aggression. EU support is helping to keep schools and hospitals functioning, safeguarding access to clean water, and enabling the rapid construction of new shelters and emergency centres. Protecting lives, especially in areas exposed to frontline attacks, remains our highest priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration of Ukraine and Minister for Development of Communities and Territories Oleksii Kuleba<\/strong> said: \u201cUkrainian municipalities are working under extraordinary pressure to deliver services and rebuild. This EIB financing helps them address real, everyday needs\u00a0\u2013\u00a0whether repairing heating systems, modernising hospitals, building shelters or restoring water supply. We value our cooperation with the European Union, which continues to provide vital support to communities across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sergii Marchenko<\/strong>,<strong> Minister of Finance of<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Ukraine<\/strong>, said: \u201cThis EIB financing provides essential support for our recovery efforts. These disbursed funds help communities restore heating, water supply, healthcare facilities and other critical social infrastructure. We highly value this EU support, which enables local authorities to advance urgent reconstruction and improve living conditions for people across Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background information\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Ukraine Investment Framework (UIF)<\/strong>\u00a0is part of the \u20ac50\u00a0billion EU Ukraine Facility designed to attract public and private investments for the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine. It is endowed with financial instruments totalling \u20ac9.5\u00a0billion, with \u20ac7.8\u00a0billion in loan guarantees and \u20ac1.7\u00a0billion in blended finance. In March 2025, the EIB entered into a \u20ac1.95\u00a0million guarantee agreement with the European Union to support its operations in Ukraine. This guarantee is provided under the UIF. The aim of the UIF is to mobilise \u20ac40\u00a0billion of investments for Ukraine\u2019s recovery, reconstruction and modernisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The EIB in Ukraine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The EIB has been working in Ukraine since 2007. Following Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in 2022, the Bank has stepped up its financial support to help strengthen the country\u2019s resilience and rebuild its infrastructure. Since then, the EIB has provided \u20ac4\u00a0billion in financing for Ukraine. Through its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eib.org\/products\/mandates-partnerships\/donor-partnerships\/trust-funds\/eu-for-ukraine-fund\" class=\"ecl-link ecl-link--icon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EU for Ukraine (EU4U) Initiative<\/a>,\u00a0coupled with its key role in implementing the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enlargement.ec.europa.eu\/european-neighbourhood-policy\/countries-region\/ukraine\/ukraine-investment-framework_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Investment Framework<\/a>,\u00a0a dedicated window of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/enlargement.ec.europa.eu\/funding-technical-assistance\/ukraine-facility_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine Facility<\/a>,\u00a0the EIB is strongly committed to accelerating its activities in line with the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.consilium.europa.eu\/media\/60872\/2022-12-15-euco-conclusions-en.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mandate given by EU leaders<\/a>,\u00a0in close cooperation with the European Commission, the European Parliament, Member States and international partners.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press contacts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EIB: Olga Sushytska<\/strong>, Media Officer |\u00a0o [dot] sushytska<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spamspan-image\" alt=\"at\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/image.gif\"\/>eib [dot] org (o[dot]sushytska[at]eib[dot]org)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u20ac15\u00a0million in EU-guaranteed funding has been disbursed to help\u00a0restore essential social services like hospitals and schools damaged by&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5174],"tags":[117523,2000,299,5187,117522],"class_list":{"0":"post-585056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-eu","8":"tag-eastern-partnership","9":"tag-eu","10":"tag-europe","11":"tag-european","12":"tag-european-neighbourhood-policy"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115588678599382756","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=585056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/585056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=585056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=585056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=585056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}