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Latvia to Provide Dismantled Thermal Power Plant to Strengthen Ukraine’s Infrastructure
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Latvia will transfer a full thermal power plant to Ukraine to help support the country’s energy infrastructure amid ongoing Russian strikes.
This was announced by Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braže ahead of a meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council, according to Ukrinform correspondent on February 23.
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“Latvia is doing everything possible,” she said in response to a question about what her country is doing to prevent the war from dragging on for another year.“ We have just delivered another package of energy support and are preparing another, including literally relocating a thermal power plant dismantled in Latvia that we no longer need.”
The Latvian foreign minister also highlighted her country’s military assistance to Ukraine. “We have just announced another commitment within the PURL framework specifically regarding American weapons, which are the most effective against Russian missiles,” Braže said.
She also praised Latvia’s humanitarian support for Ukraine.
“Latvian public television is conducting a very broad public campaign to collect donations and provide necessary information to people. The same is being done by private broadcasters, non-governmental organizations, and businesses, so this involves all of us. This is what we are doing, and we will continue to do so,” she assured.
Latvia’s decision comes as other European partners continue to expand their support for Ukraine’s civilian resilience.
Finland has also announced additional humanitarian assistance, increasing its total support to approximately $24 million and planning to deliver 52 more generators in February.
“The Government of Finland plans to additionally transfer 52 generators to Ukraine during February and increase humanitarian support to €22 million (around $24 million). We are grateful to Finland for this assistance and for its leadership in the International Civil Protection Shelter Coalition,” Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Olena Kondratiuk said.
According to her, Finland brings considerable expertise in civil protection and has already allocated about $14.3 million toward the construction of the first shelters out of the 10,000 planned across Ukraine. Kondratiuk stressed the importance of scaling up this initiative and involving more international partners in strengthening Ukraine’s humanitarian and civil protection efforts.
Earlier, it was reported that Latvia will provide $11 million toward acquiring US-manufactured weapons for Ukraine through NATO’s PURL mechanism.
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