The Albanese Government is providing a further $10 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to help keep lights on, homes heated and essential services operating as Russia continues systematic strikes on civilian areas and critical energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Across Ukraine, families are enduring prolonged blackouts, freezing temperatures and major disruptions to basic services including hospitals as Russia intensifies attacks during one of Ukraine\u2019s harshest winters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia has stood firmly with Ukraine since Russia\u2019s illegal and full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since February 2022, we have provided more than $1.7 billion in important military, humanitarian, economic and energy assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Today\u2019s announcement brings Australia\u2019s total contribution to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to $40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Ukraine Energy Support Fund enables Ukraine\u2019s energy sector to undertake urgent repairs and replacement of damaged equipment, helping restore electricity supply and maintain critical infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Foreign Minister Penny Wong:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRussia is weaponising winter against the people of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cRussia\u2019s continued strikes on homes and critical infrastructure shows it is not serious about ending the war, despite ongoing efforts by the United States and Coalition of the Willing partners to secure a just and lasting peace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe reiterate our call on Russia to immediately end its illegal war and adhere to its obligations under international law.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n International Development Minister Anne Aly:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cUkrainian people continue to suffer at the hands of Russia\u2019s illegal invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAustralia\u2019s additional support will provide power for Ukrainian families during the harshest winter since the invasion began \u2013 keeping the lights on, houses warm and basic services open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe continue to stand with Ukraine as it defends its sovereignty.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government is providing a further $10 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund to help keep lights on, homes heated and essential services operating as Russia continues systematic strikes on civilian areas and critical energy infrastructure. Across Ukraine, families are enduring prolonged blackouts, freezing temperatures and major disruptions to basic services including hospitals … Continue reading “Australia delivers additional energy support to Ukraine”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37038,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37037\/revisions\/37038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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