Twenty countries, representatives of the EU, and six international organizations took part in discussions on Ukraine’s energy needs at a meeting of the G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group in Gdansk.
According to Ukrinform, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Energy Denys Shmyhal shared details of the meeting on Facebook.
“In Gdansk, we held the fourth meeting of the G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group, also known as the Energy Ramstein. The meeting brought together representatives of 20 countries, the European Union, and six international organizations,” he wrote.
He noted that since the start of the full‑scale invasion, Ukraine’s energy system has been subjected to more than 6,000 attacks. The state’s priorities for 2026–2027 focus on ensuring resilience of the energy system during wartime while fully integrating it into the European energy system: protecting infrastructure, restoring damaged facilities, developing distributed generation, injecting gas into underground storage, and expanding cross‑border interconnectors.
Shmyhal reminded that the current unfunded needs of Ukraine’s Energy Support Fund exceed €650 million. Of this, €295 million is required for restoration and repair of damaged facilities, about €192 million for distributed generation, and nearly €148 million for emergency reserves and procurement of critical equipment.
“I also stressed that, to successfully get through the next winter, Ukraine needs to repair and restore more than 3 GW of thermal generation capacity. We count on the continued support of our partners,” Shmyhal added.
He also thanked partners for their help to Ukrainian energy companies, including the transfer of equipment from decommissioned thermal power plants.
As reported, ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference (URC 2026) in Gdansk, the European Commission, Ukraine’s Ministry of Energy, and the Energy Community Secretariat issued a joint statement on strengthening support for Ukraine’s energy sector before the winter period.
