EIB provides over €74 million to support essential public services across Ukraine

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union, has disbursed more than €74 million to support investments across Ukraine that help maintain essential services during the war. 

The funding, disbursed on 19 December, will support the reconstruction and energy-efficient refurbishment of education, healthcare and social facilities, while also strengthening railway and urban transport infrastructure that is vital for mobility, logistics and economic resilience.

Of the total amount disbursed, €24.66 million will support urban public transport projects, including the construction of a depot in Lviv and the purchase of new buses, trams and trolleybuses for Lviv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Ternopil, improving mobility for residents.

A further €13.49 million has been provided to Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) to upgrade rail border crossings and related infrastructure, improve freight operations and strengthen transport links with the European Union.

Another €22 million will support energy efficiency upgrades and refurbishment work in universities across Ukraine. This investment is complemented by a €6.75 million grant from the multi-donor E5P fund, with the European Union and Sweden as the largest donors.

A further €5.52 million will support energy efficiency renovations of public buildings, benefiting schools, kindergartens, social facilities and hospitals across the Ternopil, Khmelnytskyi, Rivne, Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv oblasts. This is complemented by a €1.2 million E5P grant specifically dedicated to hospital facilities, supporting hospitals in Kovel, Lanivtsi, and Sarny.

Finally, €1.12 million disbursed under the Renewable Energy Solutions Programme will support the installation of photovoltaic systems with battery storage in six secondary schools in the Poltava, Vinnytsia, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts under the EIB’s recovery programmes. The systems will provide a stable and independent power supply, reduce energy costs and help ensure uninterrupted education during power outages.

“EU support is delivering tangible results: damaged schools and hospitals are being rebuilt to higher energy-efficiency standards, backup and heating systems installed, and critical transport links repaired to keep people and goods moving,” European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said. “These investments are restoring essential services, so that Ukrainians can live with dignity and hope.”

The disbursement includes EIB loans guaranteed by the European Union under the €50 billion Ukraine Facility and grant funds mobilised by the EIB from the multi-donor Eastern Europe Energy Efficiency and Environment Partnership (E5P) fund and the Renewable Energy Solutions (RES) Programme, funded by Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI).

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