Implementation of the Energy Resilience Plan will require attracting banking resources - Svyrydenko
Kyiv • UNN
Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and NBU Governor Andriy Pyshnyi discussed attracting banks to finance energy recovery. Banks financed UAH 33 billion, providing 1.3 GW of capacity.
Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and the Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshnyi discussed the draft plan for regional energy resilience and necessary resources, including opportunities to involve banks in financing energy recovery and protection needs. The Prime Minister announced this on Telegram, as reported by UNN.
Met with the Head of the National Bank of Ukraine Andriy Pyshnyi. Discussed the draft plan for regional energy resilience and necessary resources, including opportunities to involve banks in financing energy recovery and protection needs.
According to her, the parties also touched upon the issue of financial stability. "A significant support for Ukraine in this direction should be the receipt of the EFF assistance program from the IMF amounting to $8.1 billion for 2026-2029, which the Fund's Board of Directors approved this week," Svyrydenko wrote.
She noted that among the additional areas of development is an increase in business credit penetration.
This is necessary to finance infrastructure reconstruction, particularly energy infrastructure. Currently, this indicator is 8–9% of GDP. For example, in the energy sector, banks have financed UAH 33 billion, which provided 1.3 GW of capacity, while needs are at least three times greater. We agreed to accelerate joint work.
"The government also consistently continues to support Ukrainian producers, and we are grateful to the NBU for its openness and cooperation in this work. The NBU has increased the maximum settlement periods for export operations for certain categories of machine-building — agricultural and special equipment, including under HS codes 8424, 8428, 8432, and 8716, from 180 to 270 days. The new regulation will come into force on March 1. This is only the first step. We are working to facilitate export conditions for Ukrainian goods under other codes," the Prime Minister emphasized.