Ukraine and UN to ask donors for additional funding due to attacks on energy infrastructure

Ukraine and the United Nations will appeal to donor countries to provide additional funding for humanitarian assistance in response to the crisis caused by Russian attacks on civilian infrastructure.

Source: Iryna Vereshchuk, Deputy Head of the Office of the President, during the presentation of the UN Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for 2026, Ukrinform reports

Details: Vereshchuk reported that the UN plan was developed without fully taking into account the winter crisis resulting from the Russian attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure and the lack of electricity, heating and water supply for millions of Ukrainians.

"Together with Mr Matthias [UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine Matthias Schmale – ed.] we agreed to appeal to donors for additional funding in response to the new challenges of the humanitarian war that the Russian Federation is waging against us," the deputy head of the President's Office noted.

The UN coordinator said that donors to his mission in Ukraine include Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Norway, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, the EU, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Italy, South Korea, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the United States.

Background:

• As of 26 December, the funding level of Ukraine's humanitarian response plan for 2025 stood at 51.8%, while the equivalent plan for 2024 was funded at 70% as of 30 December.
• The largest donors to Ukraine's humanitarian response plan in 2025 were the European Commission with US$249.8 million, Norway with US$179.1 million, Germany with US$170.3 million, the United States with US$148.6 million, the United Kingdom with US$103.6 million, Switzerland with US$65.6 million, Italy with US$53.6 million, South Korea with US$49.5 million, Denmark with US$37.2 million and France with US$28.7 million.

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