Sybiga and Blinken signed a Memorandum on the energy system

At NATO headquarters, Minister of Foreign Affairs Andriy Sybiga and the US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed a Memorandum of understanding between the governments of Ukraine and the US on cooperation in ensuring the sustainability of Ukraine’s energy system. It involves the possibility of US assistance totaling up to $825 million.

The press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine reported this via Telegram on Tuesday, December 3.

Memorandum between Ukraine and the US

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that the document creates a regulatory framework to improve the sustainability of Ukraine’s energy system.

These include:

•    restoring its critical infrastructure;
•    introducing distributed generation;
•    reforming the energy sector and facilitating the post-war transition to a low-carbon, competitive and European-integrated economy.

As a reminder, Zelenskyy heard a report on the condition of the energy sector and expressed gratitude to repair crews and energy company employees who are actively working to eliminate the consequences of Russian attacks.

In addition, on December 4, Ukraine will have schedules of power outages. They will be applied from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.