Ukraine

The European Investment Bank (EIB) Group is stepping up support for Ukraine with over €470 million in new financing to strengthen private-sector investment and critical infrastructure including housing and roads, bridges and border infrastructure. The package was announced today at a “Ukraine Recovery Conference” in Gdańsk, Poland in cooperation with the European Commission and the Ukrainian government. Most of the financing takes the form of EIB loans backed by European Union guarantees.

A new Ukrainian clinic and administrative centre have opened in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region following construction that the European Investment Bank (EIB) helped finance under its recovery programme for the country. Built from scratch during Russia’s war against Ukraine, the two facilities are located near the city of Dnipro and will strengthen healthcare and a range of public services for thousands of local residents including internally displaced people.

Lyceum No. 12 in the city of Kovel, Volyn oblast, has reopened following a comprehensive energy-efficiency modernisation, improving learning conditions for more than 1,200 students and staff.