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Germany has vowed to support the reconstruction of war-torn Ukraine鈥檚 power grid, which has been greatly damaged by missile attacks over the past two years in the context of Russia鈥檚 invasion. At a visit to Ukraine鈥檚 capital Kyiv, 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 development minister Svenja Schulze聽聽鈥淯kraine can only withstand this war with a functioning electricity supply,鈥� which is why Germany would assist in reconstructing and expanding the energy infrastructure. Ahead of the planned Ukraine Recovery Conference in Berlin on 11-12 June, Schulze met with Ukraine鈥檚 president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and mayors from across Ukraine to officially agree further energy cooperation. 鈥淩ussia has led targeted attacks on the energy infrastructure鈥� to diminish Ukraine鈥檚 ability to act, Schulze said, adding that 鈥淩ussia must not and will not succeed with that.鈥� State-owned German development bank KfW signed a contract with Ukraine鈥檚 energy supplier Ukrenergo over 45 million euros in grants that will be used to repair the electricity infrastructure and push ahead with Ukraine鈥檚 connection to the western European power grid. The agreement builds on existing cooperations that have been running for several years and partly predate the full-scale invasion Russia launched in February 2022. The cooperation will be focused on fixing and modernising existing infrastructure but also cover training workers and engineers, as well as the funding of new infrastructure, such as onshore wind farms.

Germany is among the biggest western supporters of Ukraine in its defense against Russia鈥檚 aggression, and beyond offering military assistance has focused on providing economic and technical assistance. However, Germany has also been criticised heavily for its role in enabling Russia to carry out its invasion in the first place. This is over Berlin鈥檚 insistence on expanding energy trading with Moscow after the Russian annexation of Ukraine鈥檚 Crimean peninsula in 2014, and over 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 history as one of Russia鈥檚 biggest energy customers for decades despite the autocratic and belligerent tendencies displayed by Russian president Vladimir Putin, even in the years before he ordered the war on Ukraine. 骋别谤尘补苍测鈥檚 government-appointed National Hydrogen Council in March said that hydrogen trade with the EU could play an important role in rebuilding the Ukrainian economy.聽