UKRAINE, Sep. 4 — The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany provided an additional €250 million to the Ukraine Energy Support Fund, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine said.

The Ministry added that Germany is the Fund’s biggest donor and the country’s total contribution currently stands at €807 million.

Donors have already contributed more than €2.4 billion to the Fund.

Denys Shmyhal, the Minister of Energy, said that donor support is important for strengthening Ukraine’s energy sector ahead of winter.

Earlier, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that Russia plans to increase its strikes on the Ukrainian energy sector in the upcoming winter, to disrupt Ukrainian efforts to strengthen energy facilities and to take advantage of Ukraine’s ongoing shortages of ballistic missile interceptors.

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