US to hand over equipment for energy sector to Kyiv in March

Washington will hand over a new aid package to Kyiv in early March, which will include equipment for the energy sector, Report informs referring to the White House.

The aid package will include several mobile generators to help provide backup power, reads the statement.

The delivery is said to follow USAID’s recent provision of a mobile turbine power plant that, powered by natural gas, can generate enough electricity to power at least 100,000 homes in Ukraine.

The US presidential administration also plans to provide Ukraine with up to $250 million in emergency energy assistance to help strengthen the Ukrainian energy system.

On February 24, the White House also announced that the US is allocating $2 billion in support of Ukraine in the field of security.