Italy provides Ukraine with over 109 tons of heating equipment - Kuleba

A consignment of aid from the Italian government has arrived in Ukraine, which included over 109 tons of industrial boiler equipment to strengthen the heat supply after russian shelling.

This was announced on his Facebook account by the Vice Prime Minister for the Reconstruction of Ukraine - Minister of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine Oleksii Kuleba, Ukrainian News Agency reports.

Kuleba noted that 39 units of industrial boiler equipment with a total capacity of almost 53 MW have now arrived.

According to him, Italy has transferred modular and hot water boilers along with burners, components, filters and auxiliary systems.

"This is the implementation of the agreements between the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Italy Giorgia Meloni. The total weight of this batch is over 109 tons, the estimated cost of humanitarian aid is EUR 835,500. The next batches will arrive in the coming days," the minister said.

Initially, the equipment will be received by the front-line regions.

In total, Italy agreed to transfer 78 units of heat engineering equipment with a total capacity of 116 MW.

Kuleba explained that the boilers can operate as main or backup heat sources - for hospitals, schools, administrative buildings, critical infrastructure facilities, as well as as part of city boiler houses and district heating systems.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on January 20, the chairman of the parliamentary committee on energy and housing and communal services Andrii Herus said that the next few weeks will be difficult for the Ukrainian energy system, and the situation with electricity supply and heat in a number of regions may worsen.