Overview
- $200 million will fund gas purchases, urgent repairs to energy facilities, and efforts to keep heat and electricity running through winter.
- Another $200 million will provide macro-financial backing to sustain state functions until European Union financing is disbursed.
- Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide announced the package in Kyiv after talks with Andrii Sybiha and a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
- Officials moved forward on defense-industrial cooperation, including joint weapons production and participation in the PURL air-defense missile procurement initiative for systems such as NASAMS.
- Leading Ukrainian defense companies took part in the discussions as both sides outlined priorities for expanding partnerships on air defense, technology, and sanctions coordination.