Denys Shmyhal (@Denys

Denys Shmyhal

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Denys Shmyhal

@Denys_Shmyhal

First Vice Prime Minister — Minister of Energy of Ukraine 🇺🇦 Minister of Defense of Ukraine (2025-2026) Prime Minister of Ukraine (2020-2025)

Kyiv, Ukraine

Joined March 2020

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In Gdansk, we held the fourth meeting of the G7+ Ukraine Energy Coordination Group, also known as the Energy Ramstein. The meeting brought together representatives of 20 countries, the European Union, and six international organizations. For the fourth consecutive year,
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🇵🇱🇺🇦Glad to meet with Poland’s Minister of Energy @motykamilosz, on the sidelines of #URC2026 in Gdańsk. The meeting was attended by the heads of Ukraine’s state energy companies — Ukrenergo, Naftogaz, and GTSOU — together with their Polish counterparts. I thanked Poland for
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Jun 23
Glad to welcome my friend, @MathiasCormann, @OECD Secretary-General, to Kyiv. We discussed the implementation of reforms in line with OECD principles, particularly in the energy sector, as well as Ukraine’s path toward full membership in the Organisation. I shared updates on the
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Jun 18
Had a productive meeting with representatives of the @ChamberUkraine community. We discussed preparations for the next winter season. Key priorities include protection of energy infrastructure, strategic reserves, rapid recovery capabilities, distributed generation, gas
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Jun 16
🇪🇺 The European Commission will provide a €75 million grant for the restoration of the New Safe Confinement at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant, damaged by a russian attack. I thank @EU_Commission President Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen for this support. This contribution
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Jun 16
🇺🇦🇬🇧 The United Kingdom will provide £210 million through UK Export Finance @UKEF to support the stable operation of Ukraine’s nuclear power sector over the next two years. This agreement follows the recent discussions between President @ZelenskyyUa and Prime Minister
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Jun 15
🇺🇦🤝🇩🇪 Held an online meeting with Germany’s Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Katherina Reiche, and colleagues from @bmwe. We reviewed progress on the agreements reached over recent months, including during our meeting in Berlin in April. Our key priority is to
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Jun 15
2/ Another important focus is the creation of strategic reserves of energy equipment. We are promptly providing our German partners with a list of the key needs of Ukraine’s energy sector. Another important area of cooperation is the development of the biomethane market. We are
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Jun 15
3/ I am grateful to Germany for its unwavering solidarity with Ukraine. Today, Germany is one of the largest contributors to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, with contributions exceeding €552 million. We also highly value the €4.75 million grant provided by @KfW in April this
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Jun 9
Held a meeting with the @WorldBankGroup team, led by Managing Director of Operations @bjerde_anna and Vice President for Europe and Central Asia Antonella Bassani. The focus of our discussion was our joint work on preparing Ukraine’s updated Energy Strategy. I thanked our
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Jun 8
Today, Ukraine received €2.8 billion under the Ukraine Facility. This funding will help strengthen the country’s resilience, continue systemic reforms, and enhance the preparedness of the energy sector for future challenges. I personally thanked European Commissioner for
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Jun 7
Today, russia launched a drone strike against one of the buildings of Ukraine's Centralized Spent Fuel Storage Facility (CSFSF). The strike caused partial damage to the building and triggered a fire, which has since been extinguished. An attack on a spent nuclear fuel storage
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Jun 4
Nearly UAH 939 million will be directed toward the development of distributed gas generation in Ukraine. This decision was adopted by the @Kabmin_UA_e upon submission by the @MinEnergy_ua, within the framework of cooperation with Finland 🇺🇦🇫🇮 The funds will be channelled from the
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Jun 4
The energy system of the future must be not only efficient, but also secure, flexible, and capable of rapid recovery. I noted this during a lecture for students and faculty at the Azerbaijan State University of Oil and Industry. Shared Ukraine's experience in countering energy
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Jun 3
🇺🇦🇦🇿Had a substantive dialogue with Azerbaijan's Minister of Energy @minenergyaze, @ParvizShahbazov. We discussed the implementation of agreements reached between President of Ukraine @ZelenskyyUa and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev @presidentaz on energy cooperation.
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