The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, today visited the warehouses in Arganda del Rey (Madrid) where the seven generators that Spain is donating to Ukraine through the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) are located.
Talking to the media, Albares underscored Spain's strong commitment and solidarity with the Ukrainian civilian population. This donation is in addition to the 14 electric generators already delivered in November 2022 and the two ambulances delivered in January this year.
These shipments concern three 200KVa and four 220KVa generators, worth a total of 360,000 euros. The donation of this equipment responds to one of the Ukrainian authorities' top priorities to protect their population in the face of what is expected to be a grim winter. The Spanish Government, in its continued commitment to the Ukrainian people, has financed and overseen the donation of these seven generators that will be sent to Ukraine to help mitigate the severe energy shortages caused by the recent attacks on the country's infrastructure. This donation is part of Spain's ongoing support to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict in February 2022.
The devices will travel to Ukraine via Poland in the coming days, transported through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism, which will cover part of the cost of transport to Poland, from where the European Union will arrange for their transport to Ukraine.
The main objective of the donation is to prepare the Ukrainian population, institutions and businesses for winter, which this year will be particularly difficult due to recent Russian attacks on key energy facilities. These attacks have severely damaged Ukraine's ability to generate and distribute power, causing prolonged outages affecting millions of people.
It is estimated that these seven generators, with total power of 1,200,000W, could supply electricity to approximately 240 families under normal conditions. The specific distribution of the generators in Ukraine will be determined upon arrival in Poland, following the priorities set by the Ukrainian Government, which has developed an energy and winter preparedness plan.
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