Norway provides Ukraine an additional 3 billion kroner to support critical public services. The country also includes air defence equipment and announces the transfer of NASAMS air defence systems transfer.
What is known about the new aid package from Norway
Norway will provide additional air defence equipment and more than NOK 3 billion to the Ukrainian government to support critical public services.
Some NASAMS are shipped from the country's warehouses, while others will be ordered from manufacturers for delivery later.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Har Støre announced this after a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Just this morning we learned that Ukraine was under attack by Russian missiles and you need all the support you can get to defend yourself. Today, Norway is announcing additional support to Ukraine, Støre said.
Norway's long-term support package for Ukraine includes:
NOK 135 million for government budget support. The money will be used for educational services, health care, and pension payments. Now, another 3 billion have been directed there. They will be allocated through the Trust Fund for Assistance, Recovery, Reconstruction and Reforms in Ukraine (URTF) of the World Bank;
NOK 335 million for air defence equipment;
NOK 1 billion as co-financing to strengthen the defence industry to produce more ammunition and missiles.
NOK 137 million — for food, water, warm clothes, blankets, and places to live for people who will lose their homes due to the war in the winter.
This funding is in addition to contributions already announced in 2023. Store noted that in 2024, aid to Ukraine will also be provided from the very first months so that there are no delays in the delivery of aid.
We have to do everything we can to help provide relief to people who are already under a lot of pressure and are going through a very harsh winter again, said Støre.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked the Prime Minister of Norway, the Norwegian government and parliament, and the entire Norwegian society for their leadership.
Zelenskyy's visit to Norway
On December 13, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy arrived in Oslo to participate in the second "Ukraine — Northern Europe" summit. In particular, bilateral negotiations with its participants are planned.
He arrived in Oslo to participate in the second Ukraine-Northern Europe Summit. Together with the leaders of Norway, Denmark, Iceland, Finland and Sweden, we will talk about strengthening defense, political and economic cooperation, about our common future in Europe, Zelenskyy said, adding that the main goal is security and a just and durable peace on the continent.
The president will also hold bilateral talks with the participants of the Summit.
I will meet with His Majesty King Harald V, visit the Storting, talk with Norwegian politicians and businessmen. I would personally like to thank Norway for all the very timely and principled support it has provided to Ukraine since the start of the full-scale invasion, he added.
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