Denmark Allocates €20M to Restore Kherson Region’s Power Supply

Denmark will provide a €20 million ($22 million) energy package for Ukraine’s Kherson region, timed for the eve of the fourth anniversary of the city’s liberation from Russian occupation.President Volodymyr Zelensky announced the move in a statement on Tuesday, Nov. 10, following a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen in Copenhagen.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.“It is very important that Denmark is focusing on direct support for our communities,” Zelensky said, pointing to Copenhagen’s work in the neighboring Mykolaiv region as an example of what such targeted support can achieve.Denmark has led reconstruction efforts in Mykolaiv since the early months of Russia’s full-scale invasion, with the approach previously described by Kyiv Post as a Danish model for rebuilding Ukraine without corruption.Meanwhile, Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated the city of Kherson on Nov. 11, 2022, after eight months of Russian occupation.Since then, the city has remained within range of Russian troops on the occupied left bank of the Dnipro River, with energy and civilian infrastructure among the frequent targets.New defense package announcedDuring the meeting, Zelensky and Frederiksen also discussed a new Danish defense package, which Zelensky said was worth about €645 million ($721 million).According to Zelensky, most of the funding will go toward attack and interceptor drones, ammunition for F-16 fighter jets and US-made weapons purchased through NATO’s Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List (PURL). Other Topics of Interest Ukraine’s Inflation Hits 11% as Russian Strikes, Middle East War Push Prices Up Ukraine’s inflation climbed to 11.0% in October, the highest annual rate since September 2025, while core inflation rose to 9.7%. “This is a very timely and significant boost, especially as Russia is conducting a ballistic missile campaign against our energy infrastructure, water supply, heating, and everything that sustains normal life,” he said.Earlier on Tuesday, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced Denmark’s 32nd military aid package for Ukraine, worth 4.8 billion Danish kroner (about €643 million or $721 million), without specifying which weapons it would include.The two leaders also reviewed progress under the Drone Deal framework, joint arms production and FREYJA, a European program to develop an affordable anti-ballistic missile system.“Almost five years after the full-scale invasion, the rain of bombs targeting civilians, relief centers, and water and heating plants continues. That is why we must stand firm,” Frederiksen said earlier on Tuesday.Zelensky arrived in Denmark on Tuesday, Nov. 10, for talks with Nordic leaders on military assistance, air defenses and protecting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, Danish authorities said.Around the same time, the Ukrainian delegation was in Abu Dhabi for the first trilateral talks between Kyiv, Washington and Moscow since February.In a separate statement, Zelensky said the Ukrainian delegation first met European and American partners before sitting down with the US and Russian delegations.The sides discussed the need for humanitarian steps and what they could look like, as well as the substance of security guarantees, while Kyiv named the release of prisoners as its priority. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.