Within the framework of joint Ukrainian-French initiative “Light during winter”, 23 communities in nine regions will receive two 5 kW generators each, the National Interest Defense Network (ANTS) reported in the press release on Friday.
To accomplish this task in late November, ANTS activists, together with the French NGO Stand with Ukraine, approached the Association of French Municipalities with a request to help purchase generators for Ukrainian communities.
The first generators were delivered to Ukraine on December 19. At that time, eight communities received generators with a capacity of 9 kW.
Today 46 more generators were brought to Ukraine from French communities. They were received by: Khotynska, Sadivska, Lebedynska, Krasnopolska, Baranivska, Volynska, Berezhanska, Tulchynska, Chortkivska, Trostyanetska, Nedryhaylivska, Pokrovska, Podgorodne, Dubovyka, Apostolivska, Novhorod-Severska, Novobasanska, Poromivska, Gorodnytska, Akhtyrska, Zolochivska, Drohobychska and Kremenchug communities.
Also in the near future, ANTC will deliver another 400 generators to other communities that it works with within the Community Restoration Project, which includes 30 communities in 10 regions of Ukraine. All of them were either under occupation or suffered from enemy attacks.
This “Strengthening Communities for Victory and Ukraine’s Recovery” project is supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
The Georgian embassy delivered high-capacity generators to Kharkiv on January 5, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said.
“We thank Georgia for providing Kharkiv with high-capacity generators, which were delivered by the Georgian embassy on January 5. We appreciate every assistance in restoring critical infrastructure facilities damaged after air, missile and artillery strikes,” the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Twitter.
Ukraine imported 669.4 thousand generators in 2022, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak (Golos faction) said.
“Of these, 643.8 thousand generators were imported by enterprises, 25.5 thousand were imported by citizens (about 4% of the total),” he wrote in his Telegram Channel on Friday.
According to Zheleznyak, almost half of the generators were imported in December – 309.4 thousand, 52 times more than at the beginning of the year, when just over 6 thousand were imported in January.
The MP noted that demand has steadily increased during the year, although fewer generators were imported in March – 4.6 thou.
Kyiv has received the first two of 20 planned high-capacity generators (300-800 kVA) as part of a memorandum between Kyiv and Taiwan on assistance in acquiring alternative power sources, the press service of the capital’s mayor said Monday.
“The first two generators have already been transferred to Kievteploenergo, they are used in city boiler houses. As part of the project, about 20 generators are expected to be transferred to power critical infrastructure facilities in the capital. We are very grateful to our partners for support of Kyiv and Ukraine,” Vitalii Klitschko said during the transfer of generators to the communal enterprise “Kyivteploenerho”.
Last December, Kiev and Taiwan signed a memorandum of understanding to help the Ukrainian capital purchase diesel power generators with the help of a donation from Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The United Kingdom has transferred 900 generators to Ukraine and sent about 15,000 extreme cold weather kits, the head of Britain’s defense ministry, Ben Wallace, said.
“Britain has handed over 900 generators to Ukraine and sent about 15,000 extreme cold weather kits to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, including cold weather clothing, heavy sleeping bags and insulated tents,” Wallace was quoted as saying by the press service of the AFU General Staff on Sunday.
He also expressed his belief that another 10,000 cold-weather kits will be delivered to Ukraine on Christmas Day.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will transfer 2,500 household generators to the civilian population of Ukraine, the local news agency WAM reported.
“The generators will help the civilian population partially provide themselves with electricity, which will alleviate the difficult living conditions of families affected by the crisis,” the report said.
In particular, Ukraine will receive 2,500 household generators with a capacity of 3.5 to 8 kilowatts.
Also, about 1,200 household generators were delivered to Warsaw on December 24, and the country will hand over the rest in January.
The UAE is providing generators as part of the $100m humanitarian aid, which the UAE has allocated for Ukraine.
