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International partners continue to financially sustain Ukrainian infrastructure, which suffers daily from enemy strikes. This time a powerful European economy made its first contribution to a special fund to accelerate logistics and repair work.
Who allocated the funds and what they will be spent on
Germany officially joined the Ukraine Transport Support Fund, making a grant contribution of 1 million euros. Thanks to this, the total funding from partner countries reached 4,1 million euros, as reported by the Minister for Reconstruction Mykola Kalashnyk in his Telegram channel.
According to the official, these are the first real funds that will allow testing the procurement mechanism in practice. "Among the top priorities are locomotives, special equipment for restoring damaged transport infrastructure, and equipment for electronic queues at 11 border crossing points with EU countries," the minister noted.
Note! For ordinary Ukrainians and business, this means faster restoration of ruined roads and reduced waiting times at borders thanks to the modernization of e-queues.
How the procurement mechanism works and who controls the money
Importantly, Ukraine only determines priority needs, while the purchases themselves are carried out by the Central Project Management Agency of Lithuania. This European structure directly contracts with suppliers and pays their services, ensuring transparency in the use of grant funds.
Reminder! The Ukraine Transport Support Fund was created to respond promptly to challenges caused by Russian attacks. Before Germany joined, financial participation in the project was already provided by Sweden, Norway, Lithuania, and Estonia. As Kalashnyk stressed, the successful implementation of the first projects will lay the groundwork for attracting new donors and expanding the scale of help to the transport sector.
Fuel
Average prices at the Amic Energy gas station network as of
Earlier we wrote that the Polish railway operator PKP LHS is preparing to spend from 350 to 400 million zlotys on the purchase of 12 new locomotives, specially adapted for broad gauge 1520 mm. This equipment will serve the strategically important route from the Ukrainian border crossing Hrebenne–Izov to the Polish Slawków.
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