Japan has committed $6 billion in humanitarian and technical aid to Ukraine for the first half of 2026, a senior Ukrainian official has said.
The announcement of the financial support, which is worth the equivalent of around €5 billion, was made by Olena Kondratyuk, Deputy Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine’s parliament, following a meeting with the Japanese ambassador to Ukraine, Masashi Nakagome, last week.
It comes as Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid, leaving large swathes of the country, including parts of Kyiv and several other regions, without electricity, heating or running water amid subzero temperatures.
Tokyo has already delivered more than 2,500 power generators, 65 transformers, and 10 large-scale power generation units to help tackle Ukraine’s energy crisis and prevent further blackouts.
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