“I expressed to President Zelenskyy the EU’s entire solidarity with Ukraine as it suffers at the fingers of Putin’s deliberate and barbaric bombing of the country’s civilian infrastructure. I strongly condemn these attacks. Russia should be held accountable for what represent war crimes,” reads the statement by European Fee President von der Leyen following her cellphone get in touch with with President Zelensky.

As famous, the EU intensifies its attempts and is effective with companions to give the unexpected emergency support Ukraine requires to restore and keep power and heating for the civilian population. Via the EU’s Crisis Reaction Coordination Centre, the Fee is currently planning the delivery to Ukraine as quickly as probable of the next large donations by Member States and specifically from the Commission’s rescEU reserve.

In unique, the donations involve 200 medium-sized transformers and a big autotransformer from Lithuania, a medium-sized autotransformer from Latvia, 40 large turbines from the rescEU reserve positioned in Romania. Each and every of these generators can provide uninterrupted power to a modest to medium sized healthcare facility.

The European Commission is on top of that operating on a new power rescEU hub in Poland to enable donations from third get-togethers and support with their supply to Ukraine in a coordinated manner, specially with our G7 companions.

“We have also reached out to appropriate corporations in various countries to request important substantial voltage tools, which includes more autotransformers, and are coordinating with partners to transportation them swiftly to Ukraine,” von der Leyen stressed.

As documented, since the starting of the Russian military services invasion of Ukraine, the EU has been delivering political, financial, humanitarian and navy support to Ukraine. In particular, at the request of Ukraine, the EU Civil Safety System was activated, with the aid of which the EU international locations and associate nations around the world can send Ukraine humanitarian help and things important for the inhabitants in winter season circumstances.

The European Fee employs hubs in the territory of EU international locations, which had been created as aspect of the rescEU emergency aid program, for the rapid shipping and delivery of tools to Ukraine that was ready in progress for use in similar circumstances.

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