Overview

• Prime Minister Yuliya Svyrydenko is leading a delegation that includes presidential chief of staff Andriy Yermak and sanctions envoy Vladyslav Vlasiuk.
• The team is participating in the IMF and World Bank annual meetings and holding planned talks with the IMF, World Bank, EBRD, EIB, and finance ministers from the United States and G7 countries.
• Delegation priorities include securing support for the power sector, coordinating tougher measures against Russia, and opening new cooperation tracks with the United States.
• Officials are briefing partners on the October 10 attacks, described by the prime minister as among the largest concentrated strikes on energy facilities, which caused significant damage and emergency outages in nine regions.
• G7 ambassadors in Ukraine held an urgent meeting with Energy Minister Svitlana Hrynchuk and energy company leaders on October 10, the second such session in a week following earlier strikes on gas-related infrastructure.